The Prison of Cornessee is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Old King Corni Corn Corn Corn with an iron fist, and renowned for its fear of technology, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 10.029 billion Cornesseeans 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."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, well-organized government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cobb. The average income tax rate is 75.5%.

The all-consuming Cornesseean economy, worth 612 trillion Cornessee coins a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 61,032 Cornessee coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

People are bored of easy crossword puzzles, children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces, creating dance remixes is the newest form of conspicuous consumption, and residents of new housing subdivisions complain about the total absence of supermarkets and restaurants. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cornessee's national animal is the Cornessee Swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cornchipist Fundamentalists.

Cornessee is ranked 77,378^th in the world and 106^th in The Regected Realns for Most Primitive, scoring 31.61 on the Scary Big Number Scale.