The Sacred Empire of Corvandia is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Augustine Corvand with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, soft-spoken computers, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.062 billion Corvandians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Education are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rosivalk. The average income tax rate is 51.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Corvandian economy, worth 121 trillion Corvandian Denars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 114,455 Corvandian Denars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, enemy agents are generally eliminated with extreme prejudice, Augustine Corvand shot first, and the unofficial motto of the nation's intelligence agency is "in Bont we trust". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Corvandia's national animal is the Husky, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Salxism.

Corvandia is ranked 273,627^th in the world and 10,282^nd in Lazarus for Most Beautiful Environments, with 12.18 pounds of wildlife per square mile.