The Republic of The Cerberus union is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Flintheart Glomgold with an iron fist, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, pith helmet sales, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.197 billion Cerberians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hades. The average income tax rate is 38.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cerberus unionian economy, worth 131 trillion Jades a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 109,784 Jades, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Bins outnumber trees in city parks, adverts proclaim it has to be healthy if the Mornay uses hand-grated Gallopavian Gruyère, employees are told they can avoid traffic jams by starting work at 4 AM, and military spending is on the increase. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Cerberus union's national animal is the Marine iguana, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Bibble.

The Cerberus union is ranked 62,491^st in the world and 1^st in Access The Axis for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,118.9 on the Gilded Widget Scale.