The Federation of Kurikia is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Alexi Malakov with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 9.95 billion Kurikians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Healthcare, with Defense, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Markovgrad. The average income tax rate is 29.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Kurikian economy, worth 740 trillion Kurikian Rubles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 74,424 Kurikian Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan, troop transports blacken the sky as the military commences Operation Desert Ocean, nation-building is the new national pastime, and selling bombs to terrorists has become government policy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Kurikia's national animal is the birb, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Orthodox Christianity.

Kurikia is ranked 84,043^rd in the world and 1,498^th in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 95.44 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.