The Grand Duchy of Courage Caverns is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by The Most Courageous Clark Chin-Calliwell with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate population of 5.133 billion Courage Cavepeople have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Creatis. The average income tax rate is 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Courage Cavernsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,034 trillion dollarydoos a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 201,523 dollarydoos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Advertisements read like science journal articles complete with extensive references, handling people's data is proving an immersive experience, the comic book series 'The Most Courageous Clark Chin-Calliwell and the Villainous Corporate Cronies' is a best-seller, and government expenses are beyond compare. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Courage Caverns's national animal is the owlbear, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Not applicable.

Courage Caverns is ranked 4,053^rd in the world and 69^th in 10000 Islands for Most Cultured, scoring 178 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.