The Quantum Interference Device of Courlany is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by NationStates MEMBER SINCE MARCH 2007 with a fair hand, and renowned for its avant-garde cinema, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 20.575 billion Courlaners 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 large government prioritizes Education, with Environment, Industry, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Defense aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Courlanepolis-Sagan. The income tax rate is 100.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Courlan economy, worth a remarkable 5,519 trillion NOBEL PRIZES a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 268,264 NOBEL PRIZES, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking, sex education has become an intricate maze of stick figures and complex metaphors, couples kissing on the street are detained for 'unlawful exchange of genetic material', and proper policy proposals prerequire professional peer-reviewed papers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Courlany's national animal is the PRINCETON TIGER, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Courlany is ranked 2,496^th in the world and 111^th in Lazarus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 711.97 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.