The Kingdom of Corlissa is a tiny, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 9 million Corlissans 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 9.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Corlissan economy, worth 560 billion florins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Gambling, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 62,309 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Reporters who negatively comment on politicians' haircuts are cut from the news, nudity is frowned upon, the words guilty and evidence have left the Corlissan lexicon, and they say that Corlissans made a dessert and called it peace. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Corlissa's national animal is the Norwegian Forest Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Corlissa is ranked 193,446^th in the world and 186^th in Aesica for Largest Governments, scoring 10 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.