The United Socialist States of Cot Deviet is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Chancellor Sommer with an iron fist, and renowned for its vat-grown people, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 6.589 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 71.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cot Devietian economy, worth 988 trillion Vitaliks a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 150,076 Vitaliks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Environmental protestors are being rounded up and taken away in sinister black vans as a massive land development campaign gets underway, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship, and Chancellor Sommer panders to nontraditional families. 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 23,414^th in the world and 455^th in Europe for Highest Food Quality, scoring 106.25 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.