The Republic of Kurat is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 8.819 billion Kuratians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.3%.

The strong Kuratian economy, worth 380 trillion rubledollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 43,153 rubledollars, with the richest citizens earning 8.7 times as much as the poorest.

One does not simply walk into the tundra, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, and pollution is on the rise along with government approvals of fracking projects. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Kurat's national animal is the hawk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Kurat is ranked 256,617^th in the world and 1^st in Satanic Porguist Realm for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 809.43 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.