The Community of The Cooperation is a gargantuan, genial nation, notable for its national health service, complete lack of prisons, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic population of 21.177 billion Cooperators are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Hegemon. The average income tax rate is 97.8%.

The thriving cooperative economy, worth a remarkable 2,547 trillion units a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 120,314 units, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Solving crossword puzzles requires fluency in at least five languages, all you have to do is pray to get into The Cooperation, standing on a chair to reach a top shelf is seen as evidence of narcissistic personality disorder, and the government puts forth the claim that harming young girls is wrong. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Cooperation's national animal is the Albatross, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

The Cooperation is ranked 7,504^th in the world and 151^st in The Communist Bloc for Lowest Crime Rates, with 106.89 law-abiding acts per hour.