The Republic of Curative Agent 188 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory vegetarianism, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 1.085 billion Curative Agent 188ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 24.3%.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Curative Agent 188ian economy, worth 35.6 trillion Credits a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Pizza Delivery. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 32,800 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, press conferences always end with standing ovations and rapturous applause, former arsonists can be found on local fire brigades, and midnight raids drag couples from their homes in the name of decency. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Curative Agent 188's national animal is the Trout, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Curative Agent 188 is ranked 192,484^th in the world and 246^th in Blue Chevron for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 1,208.66 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.