The Illustrious Nation of Coredona is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by King Crackpot with an iron fist, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, prohibition of alcohol, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.894 billion Coredonans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Avalon. The average income tax rate is 77.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Coredonan economy, worth 371 trillion Chocolate Coins a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 95,277 Chocolate Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The rainbow assortment of chemicals in the water has turned the frogs gay, there's a big brother in every prison, the health budget has been diverted into prolonging King Crackpot's life, and cyclists spend more time unlocking their bicycles than they do cycling. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Coredona's national animal is the Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Coredona is ranked 76,071^st in the world and 491^st in Europe for Most Patriotic, with 18.44 flags saluted per person per day.