The Free and Democratic Republic of Claibornia is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Friedrich Ebrehere with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, pith helmet sales, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.948 billion Claibornians 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Healthcare, and Industry are also considered important, while Welfare and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novum Aurelianensis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Claibornian economy, worth 225 trillion Claibornian Marcs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 115,972 Claibornian Marcs, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 350,010 per year while the poor average 29,938, a ratio of 11.7 to 1.

Coffee cups have grown in size to accommodate the huge ingredients list, several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, the nation's weary schoolchildren excel at sport but must count scores on their fingers, and atheists on vacation find Gaian Catholicism's scriptures make useful doorstops. Crime is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Claibornia's national animal is the Haynesville Butterfly, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Gaian Catholicism.

Claibornia is ranked 144,840^th in the world and 194^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Highest Food Quality, scoring 16.13 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.