The Dominion of Cortosis is a mammoth, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 6.851 billion Cortosisians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.4%.

The thriving Cortosisian economy, worth 476 trillion credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is 69,617 credits, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 225,405 per year while the poor average 16,235, a ratio of 13.9 to 1.

Teens are voting on which C-List pop star will be next to be evicted from the opera house, Catherine Gratwick's campaign support is considered seminal, politicians are losing their jobs in a plan to make the government 'leaner and fitter', and laser-wielding robots are taking aim at human hearts. Crime is moderate. Cortosis's national animal is the pet rock, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Cortosis is ranked 314,874^th in the world and 38^th in United Alliances for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring -7.07 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.