The United States of Kobytred is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its triple-decker prams, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 112 million Kobytredians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 9.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Kobytredian economy, worth 9.11 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 81,352 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Wood-framed catapults are ready to launch diseased corpses into besieged cities, the nation is infamous for its mass graves of discarded robots, immigrants are asked to leave their cultural traditions and pride at the border, and the navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kobytred's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Kobytred is ranked 125,176^th in the world and 792^nd in Europeia for Safest, scoring 70.81 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.