The Grand Duchy of Courage Caverns is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by The Most Courageous Clark Chin-Calliwell with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, parental licensing program, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 5.359 billion Courage Cavepeople are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

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 95.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Courage Cavernsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,082 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 202,042 dollarydoos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The national security service are a bunch of crooks, scientific journals publish third-graders' school essays, burglars are known for taking cash, socks, and other valuables, and physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques. 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 3,806^th in the world and 66^th in 10000 Islands for Smartest Citizens, with 148.69 quips per hour.