The Republican Union of Corkair is a massive, safe nation, ruled by President Murphy Cormac with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, devout population of 1.164 billion Corkairans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Healthcare, Education, and Welfare are also considered important, while Environment is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sineadon. The average income tax rate is 58.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Corkairi economy, worth 90.3 trillion huthals a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 77,547 huthals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nuclear physics is the most popular course at university, it's entirely possible foreign diplomats misheard when Corkair offered the words "peace be upon you", a common response to government PSAs is "well, DUH, obviously", and the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Corkair's national animal is the Iartian Deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Corkair is ranked 30,877^th in the world and 56^th in The Western Isles for Safest, scoring 108.87 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.