The Holy Imperial Empire of Courtsland is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Empress Elizabeth Dorinda with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and zero percent divorce rate. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 8.988 billion Courtslandians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Imperial Courts. The average income tax rate is 86.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Courtslandian economy, worth 944 trillion courts a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 105,060 courts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has pledged that not one drop of its citizens' blood will be spilt, short shrift is being given to applications for political asylum from illegal immigrants, children gain their first sex education from reading the dictionary, and teenage male videogamers often suffer repetitive strain wrist injuries. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Courtsland's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Holy Church of Courtsland.

Courtsland is ranked 255,281^st in the world and 9,187^th in Osiris for Fattest Citizens, with 7.21 Obesity Rate.