The Social Democracy of Old Corus is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by The Executive Council with a fair hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.202 billion Coruscans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Corus. The average income tax rate is 79.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Coruscan economy, worth 277 trillion 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 major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 86,778 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bitter pastors forced to officiate gay marriage 'accidentally' pronounce couples "husband and abomination", a government program is underway to revitalize Old Corus's beaches, conspiracy theorists allege that the government is spying on them through their carbon monoxide detectors, and unemployed accountants keep double-entry ledgers of their benefit claims. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Old Corus's national animal is the Coween, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Old Corus is ranked 34,788^th in the world and 480^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 198.18 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.