The Kingdom of Corvanthe is a tiny, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 7 million Corvantheans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.8%.

The strong Corvanthean economy, worth 456 billion Talons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 65,206 Talons, with the richest citizens earning 9.6 times as much as the poorest.

The government keeps introducing new foreign species to combat the previous ones it has introduced, creating cardboard imitations of missiles is a new top-secret military project, the government is slowly introducing social welfare programs, and birdsong in the mountains has to be loud enough to drown out nearby jackhammers. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Corvanthe's national animal is the Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Corvanthe is ranked 92,418^th in the world and 191^st in Talonia for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 6,571.52 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.