The People's Republic of The Kop is a small, genial nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 26 million Kopites are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 51.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The fair Kopite economy, worth 916 billion quid a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Cheese Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 35,260 quid, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

White chocolate is neither chocolate nor food, a suspicious number of John Smiths are known to donate to Kopite politicians, it can be a real jungle in a modern courtroom, and abattoirs are running at full capacity in response to skyrocketing demand. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Kop's national animal is the liverbird.

The Kop is ranked 90,589^th in the world and 3^rd in New Free Federation Conglomerate for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 2,830.65 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.