The Democratic Republic of Cima is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Presidente Intergaláctico Superestrella with an even hand, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 6.185 billion victorianos are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nueva Vetusta. The average income tax rate is 81.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish cima economy, worth 135 trillion doblóns a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. Average income is 21,978 doblóns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Every week is blindness awareness week, it is illegal to have the wrong clock time showing on your microwave oven, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal, and teenage male videogamers often suffer repetitive strain wrist injuries. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cima's national animal is the Meerkat, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cima is ranked 83,481^st in the world and 3,637^th in Lazarus for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50.5 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.