The Quantum Interference Device of Courlany is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by NationStates MEMBER SINCE MARCH 2007 with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 16.476 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, with Environment, Industry, and Welfare 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 average income tax rate is 99.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Courlan economy, worth a remarkable 4,451 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 270,204 NOBEL PRIZES, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations, the price of freedom is about half a million NOBEL PRIZES, five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars, and modelling agencies send their clients to work in nursing homes. 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 2,706^th in the world and 127^th in Lazarus for Highest Average Incomes, with 270,204.42 Standard Monetary Units.