The Republic of Coerea is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, public floggings, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 1.729 billion Coereans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.1%.

The all-consuming Coerean economy, worth 123 trillion Bons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 71,294 Bons, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 236,850 per year while the poor average 16,005, a ratio of 14.8 to 1.

The only film released this month was "Prayervengers: Heresy War", it is said that a Coerean woman's work is never done, gift baskets often contain working nukes, and foreign ambassadors are accused of stealing Coerean jobs. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Coerea's national animal is the Great White Shark, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Coerea is ranked 169,387^th in the world and 7,381^st in Balder for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 57.25 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.