The Federal Republic of Corvenna is a small, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, ban on automobiles, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 36 million Corvennans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 59.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The fragile Corvennan economy, worth 992 billion Veyrs a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 27,555 Veyrs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The television adaptation of Jennifer Government is the most popular program in the nation, the government loves seeing the little people fight, teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, and sex changes are routinely performed at Corvenna's hospitals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Corvenna's national animal is the Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Corvenna is ranked 93,395^th in the world and 1,524^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 102.54 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.