The Republic of Courelli is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Governor Elizabeth Clarke with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.364 billion Courellians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Leoncavallo. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Courellian economy, worth a remarkable 1,928 trillion Courellian Dollars 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 186,038 Courellian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Space has been brought down to earth with constellations of cancer cases across Courelli, libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars, people seem disproportionately distraught when told a museum has a phones-off policy, and the nation is currently revamping its entire education system. Crime is totally unknown. Courelli's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Dalinism.

Courelli is ranked 251,264^th in the world and 153^rd in The Social Liberal Union for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens, with 18.44 Whatever.