The Republic of Curative Agent 28 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, disturbing lack of elderly people, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed population of 1.101 billion Curative Agent 28ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.0%.

The Curative Agent 28ian economy, worth 51.9 trillion Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is 47,175 Credits, with the richest citizens earning 5.7 times as much as the poorest.

Marine biology students are shocked to discover that a whale is a mammal, they who do not work shall not eat, Animal Liberationists are regularly arrested, and concert halls sport signs proclaiming "No Shorts, Sandals or Swastikas". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Curative Agent 28's national animal is the Trout, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Curative Agent 28 is ranked 188,127^th in the world and 107^th in Blue Chevron for Highest Average Incomes, with 47,175.79 Standard Monetary Units.