The Federation of Clovedinia is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its fear of technology, frequent executions, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 571 million Clovedinians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of clerlin. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.5%.

The very strong Clovedinian economy, worth 38.1 trillion namr coins a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 66,755 namr coins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 199,669 per year while the poor average 17,454, a ratio of 11.4 to 1.

Foreigners are treated with great suspicion, Leader's relatives have been married into the royal families of foreign nations against their will, the people have taken "Hail Leader" as an invitation to lob rocks, and multilingual concierges man empty inner city apartment blocks. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clovedinia's national animal is the mantis shrimp, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Clovedinia is ranked 130,495^th in the world and 265^th in United Kingdom for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 810.1 on the Gilded Widget Scale.