The Social Democracy of Old Corus is a massive, genial nation, ruled by The Executive Council with a fair hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.152 billion Coruscans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Corus. The average income tax rate is 78.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Coruscan economy, worth 279 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 88,759 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bitter pastors forced to officiate gay marriage 'accidentally' pronounce couples "husband and abomination", a government program is underway to revitalize Old Corus's beaches, conspiracy theorists allege that the government is spying on them through their carbon monoxide detectors, and unemployed accountants keep double-entry ledgers of their benefit claims. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Old Corus's national animal is the Coween, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Old Corus is ranked 22,093^rd in the world and 199^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 6,771.04 on the Gilded Widget Scale.