The Grand Duchy of Courage Caverns is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Most Courageous Clark Chin-Calliwell with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 5.223 billion Courage Cavepeople 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Creatis. The average income tax rate is 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Courage Cavernsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,053 trillion dollarydoos a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 201,648 dollarydoos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Fiscal policy hawks decry the sizable "panem et circenses" fund added to the public budget, Amnesty Interregional has condemned Courage Caverns for ignoring crimes against humanity, biotech companies are fined if their jumbled genetic sequences look too familiar, and the Ministry of Health has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of delayed menopause. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Courage Caverns's national animal is the owlbear, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Not applicable.

Courage Caverns is ranked 2,782^nd in the world and 53^rd in 10000 Islands for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 10,771.32 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.