The Kingdom of Cour Land is a mammoth, cultured nation, remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.501 billion Courishes are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ringed City. The average income tax rate is 86.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Cour Landian economy, worth 594 trillion Souls a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 108,057 Souls, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

42 is the answer to life the universe and the new bus route into Ringed City, art is not complete without a touch of alizarin blood and titanium sweat, foreign ambassadors closely guard their culinary secrets, and civil engineers are undermining sinkholes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cour Land's national animal is the Locust, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cour Land is ranked 12,180^th in the world and 278^th in the South Pacific for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 86.07 Effective Tax Rate.