The Empire of Couch Empire is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its avant-garde cinema, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 719 million Couch Empireans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of That one cushion. The average income tax rate is 73.3%.

The very strong Couch Empirean economy, worth 68.4 trillion Potatochips a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 95,097 Potatochips, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Police drones follow every suspected Peeping Tom, blind dates tend to result in bruised shins, citizens can only enjoy the splendor of the natural world in designated 'Majesty Appreciation' zones, and many politicians are serving jail time for minor drug offenses. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Couch Empire's national animal is the Dust bunnys, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Couch Empire is ranked 15,409^th in the world and 1^st in Followers of the Word of God for Safest, scoring 115.96 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.