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The Grand Duchy of Courage Caverns is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by The Most Courageous Clark Chin-Calliwell with a fair hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, smutty television, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.281 billion Courage Cavepeople are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Creatis. The average income tax rate is 84.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Courage Cavernsian economy, worth 153 trillion dollarydoos a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 119,890 dollarydoos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Motorists' locations are constantly tracked by intelligence and law enforcement agencies, customs officers pretend not to hear shouts of "HELP LET ME OUT!" emerging from diplomatic bags, the new Liquor Legitimacy Office is besieged with job applications from people who have experience in "statistical sampling methods", and a determined opposition debates the relative benefits of Arial and Times New Roman for days on end. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Courage Caverns's national animal is the owlbear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Not applicable.

Courage Caverns is ranked 190,545^th in the world and 3,783^rd in the Rejected Realms for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 732.63 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.