kokka

The waters of the Kotoni-Hassamu flow over and through a maze of concrete riverbed fortifications that have become standard features of the doken kokka, or construction state.

The Beauty Builders 2007

When they want to produce a black colour, they mix the soot procured from an oily nut, called _dooedooe_, with the juice of the _kokka_, in different quantities, according to the proposed depth of the tinge.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time Robert Kerr 1784

The construction industry here is so powerful that Japanese commentators often describe their country as doken kokka, a "construction state." ... the millions of jobs supported by construction are not jobs created by real growth but "make work," paid for by government handouts.

Marginal Revolution 2009