The Republic of East Coggins is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 8.967 billion East Coggans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pinconning. The average income tax rate is 66.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient East Coggan economy, worth a remarkable 1,433 trillion Guilders a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 159,891 Guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new cheese tax is colloquially known as "wheel welfare", ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products, the nation's youth would rather watch paint dry than the news, and you can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. East Coggins's national animal is the Raccoon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Unitarian Universalism.

East Coggins is ranked 122,780^th in the world and 99^th in Refugia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,428.04 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.