The Kingdom of Coridge is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Alys au Valli with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.594 billion Coridgeans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Palaven. The average income tax rate is 98.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Coridgean economy, worth 809 trillion Crowns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 225,128 Crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military spending recently hit a new high, seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma, the military will start wars with other nations on a lark, and truncheon-mounted cameras record the beating of criminals in dynamic HD detail. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Coridge's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Vulcanism.

Coridge is ranked 293,242^nd in the world and 18^th in Anegana for Most Armed, with 0.1 weapons per person.