The Federation of Kuchyng is a very large, socially progressive nation, notable for its daily referendums, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 112 million Kuchyngians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.0%.

The strong Kuchyngian economy, worth 8.14 trillion Golds 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, broadly diversified black market in Tourism, Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 72,637 Golds, with the richest citizens earning 7.6 times as much as the poorest.

The nation locks people up and tells them they're mad for compassion's sake, money grows on trees, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, and new pilots are regularly reminded that they are more expendable than their planes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Kuchyng's national animal is the Pig, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kuchyng is ranked 123,319^th in the world and 3,418^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 65 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.