The Confederacy of Cormia is a very large, genial nation, notable for its unlimited-speed roads, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 242 million Cormians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 75.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Cormian economy, worth 15.2 trillion Balls a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 62,941 Balls, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Shady doctors seem to have impeccable records, everyone has the equal opportunity to have their wallet stolen, the studies of art and philosophy are banned, and business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cormia's national animal is the Termite, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cormia is ranked 65,653^rd in the world and 1^st in Paradise Everywhere for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 145.91 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.