The Democratic Republic of Cortlandia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Jack Wilson with an even hand, and notable for its national health service, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 4.609 billion Cortlandians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mistigan. The average income tax rate is 90.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cortlandian economy, worth 811 trillion Burgo Cortelândeses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 176,123 Burgo Cortelândeses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children are brainwashed at a young age to accept "love and peace!" as a way of life, public hospital staff roll their eyes at anything less than a heart attack, the nation is noticeably more cheerful on Tuesdays, and a new "thought police" branch is being developed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cortlandia's national animal is the Dragões Cavernosos, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cortlandia is ranked 17,436^th in the world and 17^th in The Kodiak Republic for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 7,657.52 on the Gilded Widget Scale.