The Holy Pink of Kortit is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Troc with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, prohibition of alcohol, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.36 billion Under 30 MVers 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 medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Deck. The average income tax rate is 67.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient A Card economy, worth 674 trillion Brains a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 154,657 Brains, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Suburban backyards are seized by the government and turned into national parks, droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, juries are mostly made up of wealthy busybodies and ex-convicts, and when it comes to flavor there's no gain without pain. Crime is totally unknown. Kortit's national animal is the Ghost, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Deck Value.

Kortit is ranked 18,079^th in the world and 13^th in The Wellspring for Largest Black Market, with 204 trillion Standard Monetary Units.