The United Socialist States of Corby is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Elliott The Great with an iron fist, and remarkable for its strictly enforced bedtime, infamous sell-swords, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.491 billion Corbyians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pazatralatia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Corbyian economy, worth 256 trillion Wards a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 102,931 Wards, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 303,521 per year while the poor average 27,461, a ratio of 11.1 to 1.

Stun grenade flashes and assault weapon fire form the expected nocturnal soundscape of Corby, atheists on vacation find Christianity's scriptures make useful doorstops, Scoutmasters debate whether luxury log cabins defeat the purpose of camping, and journalists giggle uncontrollably while reporting the nation's drug bonfires. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Corby's national animal is the Osprey, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Christianity.

Corby is ranked 29,230^th in the world and 27^th in Concord for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 5,770.12 on the Gilded Widget Scale.