The Illustrious Nation of Coredona is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by King Crackpot with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and enforced nudity. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.92 billion Coredonans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Avalon. The average income tax rate is 77.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Coredonan economy, worth 376 trillion Chocolate Coins a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,123 Chocolate Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of, nuclear physics is the most popular course at university, government fact-checkers use surprising amounts of high explosive, and prisoners fit in their parole hearings around their spa treatments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Coredona's national animal is the Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Coredona is ranked 46,762^nd in the world and 551^st in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 156.54 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.