The Kingdom of Kurtainia is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and digital currency. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 576 million Kurtainians 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 Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kurtsvilhal. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 40.6%.

The strong Kurtainian economy, worth 35.4 trillion Kurtsmarks a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 61,527 Kurtsmarks, with the richest citizens earning 8.6 times as much as the poorest.

Homeowners are evicted to make way for new runways, critical thinking is grounds for expulsion from university, it is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors, and girls who wear lipstick are berated for pandering to male gazes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kurtainia's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Kurtainia is ranked 147,958^th in the world and 226^th in United Kingdom for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 97.16 on the Clooney Contribution Index.