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The Kingdom of United Islands of Cotarl is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Garshield Bayhan with an even hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles, prohibition of alcohol, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate population of 1.939 billion Cotarlians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social and economic equality; they tend to view other countries as corrupted by the hollow pageantry of sham elections.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Liocott. The average income tax rate is 76.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cotarlian economy, worth 184 trillion Fish a year, is highly specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 94,950 Fish, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Snooze factory is now prison lingo for rehabilitation center, sales of superhero insurance have skyrocketed after the government abandoned the police in favor of vigilantes, code enforcement officers circle wealthy Cotarlians like vultures, and fistfighting vigilantes tend to suffer a lot of gunshot wounds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Cotarl's national animal is the Bristlemouth, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Umbanda.

Cotarl is ranked 70,348^th in the world and 34^th in Flanelistan for Highest Average Incomes, with 94,950.08 Standard Monetary Units.