The Mutual Democratic Alliance of CogDelve is a massive, genial nation, ruled by AstralKirb with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, keen interest in outer space, and national health service. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.648 billion CogDelvers are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of CogSpire. The average income tax rate is 92.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving CogDelvera economy, worth 156 trillion Quarter Notes a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 94,968 Quarter Notes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The experimental sculpture "Overtures In Dried Biggie Cheese Dung" has been declared a national treasure, visiting dignitaries often end up cuddling in the hot tub with AstralKirb, earthquake sirens are a leading cause of hearing loss, and reflection is vital for badly behaved politicians. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. CogDelve's national animal is the Biggie Cheese, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Void.

CogDelve is ranked 306,187^th in the world and 1,500^th in the Outback for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -20.27 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.