The Sovereign Federation of Cordya is a massive, safe nation, ruled by John Eleazarsson Stirling with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The quiet, industrious population of 1.208 billion Cordyans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tarleigh. The average income tax rate is 69.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cordyan economy, worth 145 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 120,176 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Airplane passengers who purchase "basic economy" tickets are often assigned seats in the lavatory, shady doctors seem to have impeccable records, bitter pastors forced to officiate gay marriage 'accidentally' pronounce couples "husband and abomination", and military officers are given medals for disobeying orders. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cordya's national animal is the Water Buffalo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Church of the Trinity.

Cordya is ranked 12,597^th in the world and 635^th in Balder for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 11,415.14 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.