The Federation of Kurikia is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Alexi Malakov with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 9.883 billion Kurikians 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 prioritizes Healthcare, although Defense, Administration, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Markovgrad. The average income tax rate is 27.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Kurikian economy, worth 767 trillion Kurikian Rubles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 77,617 Kurikian Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan, troop transports blacken the sky as the military commences Operation Desert Ocean, nation-building is the new national pastime, and selling bombs to terrorists has become government policy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Kurikia's national animal is the birb, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Orthodox Christianity.

Kurikia is ranked 42,830^th in the world and 720^th in The East Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 4,529.17 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.