The Dominion of Courtinia is a large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 85 million Courtinians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government prioritizes Welfare, with Education, Healthcare, and Spirituality also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 34.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Courtinian economy, worth 3.23 trillion Yingdoms 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 Woodchip Exports, Pizza Delivery, Automobile Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. 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 37,960 Yingdoms , and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry and TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas. Crime is totally unknown. Courtinia's national animal is the Morengo, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Courtinia is ranked 125,459^th in the world and 533^rd in 10000 Islands for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 2,439.95 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.