The Hemed Caliphate Union of The Republic of Covelandia is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Caliph Amar المرشد The guider with an even hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, soft-spoken computers, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, devout population of 6.815 billion Covelandians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ploska. The average income tax rate is 76.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Republic of Covelandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,259 trillion Covelandian Cens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 184,797 Covelandian Cens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock", all government communication requires the imprimatur of the Truth Police, 10-year-olds who struggle with integrating by parts are considered slow learners, and women who can do math in their head are burned for witchcraft. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Republic of Covelandia's national animal is the Blugina Serpent, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Islam.

The Republic of Covelandia is ranked 23,604^th in the world and 1^st in The Second Asia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 86.95 law-abiding acts per hour.