The Kingdom of Corlissa is a very large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its national health service, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 422 million Corlissans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Viva. The average income tax rate is 32.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Corlissan economy, worth 27.2 trillion florins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 64,402 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Weird or unusual crimes merit cruel and unusual punishments, door-to-door salesmen are frequently beaten up by 'vigilantes', mechanics are often exhausted by their work, and civil servants refuse to enforce government regulations for fear of wider economic impact. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Corlissa's national animal is the Norwegian Forest Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Corlissa is ranked 92,146^th in the world and 76^th in Aesica for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 3,458.91 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.