The Federal Republic of New Cora is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Arnold Kartet Mell with an even hand, and renowned for its digital currency, free-roaming dinosaurs, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, cheerful population of 3.324 billion Corans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Coraxia. The average income tax rate is 92.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Coran economy, worth 475 trillion coraks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 143,028 coraks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It takes months to get the proper permits for a child's first tricycle, the fire brigade often deal with cases of burnt toast, a child's only Trickster Night scare is the sight of their parents dancing, and the government has spent days debating the merits of a petition calling for a ban on sporks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Cora's national animal is the panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Cora is ranked 13,183^rd in the world and 508^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 9,831.43 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.