The Kingdom of Cordeliashire is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 590 million Cordeliashireans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.0%.

The strong Cordeliashirean economy, worth 33.2 trillion Cordelian Pounds a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 56,232 Cordelian Pounds, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 362,420 per year while the poor average 3,524, a ratio of 102 to 1.

Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Cordeliashire's national animal is the Cordelia, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Cordeliashire is ranked 238,110^th in the world and 3^rd in The British OT of the Falkland Islands for Most Developed, scoring 52.15 on the Human Development Index.