The United Socialist States of Cot Deviet is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Chancellor Sommer with an iron fist, and notable for its pith helmet sales, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 6.641 billion Cot Devietians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Singapore. The average income tax rate is 72.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cot Devietian economy, worth 974 trillion Vitaliks a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 146,783 Vitaliks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Chancellor Sommer panders to nontraditional families, the news is showing footage of Chancellor Sommer bullying an old man to the point of tears, construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway, and the nation's politicians are acknowledged as the most polite in the region to the dismay of comedians everywhere. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cot Deviet's national animal is the Desert Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cot Deviet is ranked 9,637^th in the world and 171^st in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 415.54 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.