The Republic of Kougra is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its public floggings, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.166 billion Kougrans 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 44.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Kougran economy, worth 51.6 trillion lire a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Uranium Mining, and Pizza Delivery. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 23,845 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Frustrated teenage boys are told that if they like it then they should have put a ring on it, blind dates reemerge as a necessary evil in the quest for love, citizens who refuse to vote are guillotined, and residents of houses built on a foundation of wishful thinking are prone to an odd sinking feeling. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kougra's national animal is the swan.

Kougra is ranked 157,561^st in the world and 3^rd in Outlaw Camp for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 312.18 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.