The Holy Empire of Kardinal Kort is a titanic, socially progressive nation, renowned for its burgeoning Pope population. The quiet, industrious population of 18.168 billion Kardinal Kortians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 36.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Kardinal Kortian economy, worth 624 trillion Faiths a year, is led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,361 Faiths, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military funding has been stripped back, genetic researchers have been expelled, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, and most pop videos prominently feature the Kardinal Kortian flag. Crime is well under control. Kardinal Kort's national animal is the Pope, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kardinal Kort is ranked 317,984^th in the world and 11^th in Kortexian Tech Barracks for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -9.92 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.