The Federation of Corteddernia is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and national health service. The compassionate population of 397 million Cortesians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Corslawa. The average income tax rate is 41.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Cortesian economy, worth 15.3 trillion kronor a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 38,594 kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, the only science is political science, and billions of kronor are being poured into a space program. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Corteddernia's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Corteddernia is ranked 39,166^th in the world and 122^nd in Talonia for Most Cultured, scoring 75 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.