The Glorious People's Democracy of Covat is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Sernevhal Munihtanik with an iron fist, and remarkable for its enslaved workforce, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 1.863 billion Covatians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tekalua. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 81.5%.

The very strong Covatian economy, worth 169 trillion Ekuays 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 slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. 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 91,196 Ekuays, with the richest citizens earning 5.9 times as much as the poorest.

Serial killers are the country's biggest import, Covatians have replaced bears in a popular idiom, citizens who fail to follow the official national religion are executed, and government officials are phoning up good-looking celebrities to say they want to breed with them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Covat's national animal is the Covatian Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Munihtanikism.

Covat is ranked 315,403^rd in the world and 4^th in Cavatakia for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 14.79 on the Kitten Softness Rating.