The Republic of Covathe is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-working, democratic population of 504 million Covatheans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The tiny, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.2%.

The strong Covathean economy, worth 31.2 trillion rubles a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 61,944 rubles, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians bribe ten-year-old geniuses to sit their aptitude tests, families are left homeless as entire suburbs are bulldozed on the whim of tribal chiefs, money that should have gone to charities is instead spent on monitoring them, and Covathe has designated Covathe City as its capital city. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Covathe's national animal is the sheep, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Covathe is ranked 191,476^th in the world and 30^th in Lassa for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring zero on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.