The Principality of The Courtauld Gallery is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Queen Kate I with a fair hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, enforced nudity, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 4.94 billion Courtauld Galleryians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of London. The average income tax rate is 93.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Courtauld Galleryian economy, worth a remarkable 1,873 trillion Pound Sterlings a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 379,320 Pound Sterlings, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

The nation is known abroad mostly for its Parliamentary antics, weekends are spent tilting at windmills, the government has returned all business to private ownership, and the justice of The Courtauld Gallery is considered superior to that of other nations. Crime is totally unknown. The Courtauld Gallery's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Church of England.

The Courtauld Gallery is ranked 124,511^th in the world and 3^rd in United Earth Government for Lowest Crime Rates, with 63.26 law-abiding acts per hour.