The Corporate Consortium of Courathar is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Zeller-Voss Board of Directors with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, ritual sacrifices, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 8.903 billion Couratharians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Industry, although Administration is also considered important, while Law & Order and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Solus. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Couratharian economy, worth a remarkable 3,073 trillion bytes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Gambling. Average income is an amazing 345,260 bytes, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,182,526 per year while the poor average 3,765, a ratio of 845 to 1.

Most governmental positions are filled by zealous nationalists, employees are told they can avoid traffic jams by starting work at 4 AM, closed universities are currently being converted into McRonald's restaurants, and survivors of the Great Internet Flame War often recount horror stories of banhammers and DOS attacks. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Courathar's national animal is the sheep, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Mercerism.

Courathar is ranked 330,798^th in the world and 102^nd in Capitalist Paradise for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring -6.32 on the Societal Mobility Rating.