The Quantum Interference Device of Courlany is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by NationStates MEMBER SINCE MARCH 2007 with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 19.077 billion Courlaners 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 large government prioritizes Education, although Environment, Industry, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Courlanepolis-Sagan. The average income tax rate is 99.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Courlan economy, worth a remarkable 5,094 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 267,047 NOBEL PRIZES, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's generous tax credits have brought all the film studios to the yard, in life full of care there is no time to stop and stare, Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume, and drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking. 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 234,450^th in the world and 9,070^th in Lazarus for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 15.79 on the Bus Surprisal Index.