The Republic of KOTAFanickee is a very large, cultured nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and avant-garde cinema. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 142 million KOTAFanickeeans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 9.6%.

The KOTAFanickeean economy, worth 6.23 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 43,844 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Depression sinks in after each election when voters realize they are stuck with these people for years, competing private ambulances racing to be the first to traffic accidents are a major cause of road accidents, children are disappointed to learn that cavemen never had a yabba-dabba-doo time riding dinosaurs to work, and door-to-door salesmen are frequently beaten up by 'vigilantes'. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. KOTAFanickee's national animal is the tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

KOTAFanickee is ranked 272,744^th in the world and 4^th in The Grand Old Duke of Pork for Most Extreme, scoring 7.35 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.