The Cheesy Republic of Cliyf Drines is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Elder Putz with an iron fist, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, anti-smoking policies, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 15.723 billion Cliyf Drinesians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maple Town. The average income tax rate is 81.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cliyf Drinesian economy, worth a remarkable 2,096 trillion Canadian Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 133,345 Canadian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The education system is being cleansed of all corporate influence, the official Cliyf Drinesian Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child, apprentice builders get teased for wearing hard hats, and ratings for schools' curricula range from 'Pure as the Driven Snow' to 'Late Night TV'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cliyf Drines's national animal is the Beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Cliyf Drines is ranked 16,286^th in the world and 12^th in Canada for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 7,913.47 on the Gilded Widget Scale.