The Principality of Cornwallis Bay is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Prince Benjamin I with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, complete lack of prisons, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.121 billion Cornwallisians 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, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital District. The average income tax rate is 96.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Cornwallis Bayian economy, worth a remarkable 1,255 trillion shillings 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 176,350 shillings, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Passengers often cause a stink on public transport, the Treasury has been accused of flushing money down the toilet, the paparazzi publicize Royal scandals with the utmost delight, and camo-patterned plush comfort blankets are standard issue for commandos. Crime is totally unknown. Cornwallis Bay's national animal is the duck, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Agnosticism.

Cornwallis Bay is ranked 17,434^th in the world and 314^th in The Communist Bloc for Lowest Crime Rates, with 91.89 law-abiding acts per hour.