The United Kingdoms of Cetaros is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Champion Æthelslayer with an iron fist, and notable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, complete lack of prisons, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.974 billion Ceterians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Administration also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Altalegio. The average income tax rate is 67.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Arxerusian economy, worth 248 trillion Royal Standards a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 125,897 Royal Standards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Colonials are offended to find a local animal has been re-named the 'Furry Four-Legged Marsupial Inesse', ghost regiments exist only on paper, the army's use of chemical weapons leaves a bad taste in the mouth, and twins move across the country to avoid being accused of the other's crimes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cetaros's national animal is the inesse, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christlic.

Cetaros is ranked 36,177^th in the world and 43^rd in Concord for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 5,020.76 on the Gilded Widget Scale.