The Crown Union of Kouralia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Sir Barynel Caeryn with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, sprawling nuclear power plants, and punitive income tax rates. The devout population of 24.224 billion Kouralians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kurton. The average income tax rate is 89.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Kouralian economy, worth a remarkable 2,198 trillion Kætſyas a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 90,742 Kætſyas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries, it can be a real jungle in a modern courtroom, citizens seem fixated on 105m x 45m rectangles, and the government believes there is no problem that raising taxes won't fix. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kouralia's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Æhrycreda.

Kouralia is ranked 40,659^th in the world and 8^th in Mystria for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 175.54 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.