The Grand Corndom of Corngold is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The presidential office with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 869 million Corngoldians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Blank Space. The average income tax rate is 72.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Corngoldian economy, worth 86.8 trillion Grains a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 99,884 Grains, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A widely accepted trade policy is "tit-for-tat", years of counter-terrorism planning are foiled by small details, bike rage is all the rage, and lending money has become a major liability. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Corngold's national animal is the Cyow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Corngold is ranked 303,785^th in the world and 214^th in Refugia for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -21 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.