The Democratic States of Korvspad is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, sprawling nuclear power plants, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.395 billion Korvspadians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 72.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Korvspadian economy, worth 128 trillion Gruses a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 53,451 Gruses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tourists outnumber citizens two to one, Bigtopian interference in domestic elections is always democratically sanctioned, citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits, and the acceptance of acupuncture and other alternative therapies has needled the scientific community. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Korvspad's national animal is the Eremitkräfta, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Korvspad is ranked 285,789^th in the world and 6,135^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -15.37 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.