The State of Cordillera is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 15.584 billion Cordillerans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Public Transport also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.7%.

The very strong Cordilleran economy, worth a remarkable 1,205 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Cheese Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 77,333 betales, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 321,341 per year while the poor average 12,183, a ratio of 26.4 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, and Cordillera has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Cordillera's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Cordillera is ranked 151,572^nd in the world and 4^th in North Columbia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 64.81 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.