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The Republic of Clone Pilot 8 is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, daily referendums, and suspicion of poets. The cynical population of 1.335 billion Clone Pilot 8ians 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 Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 30.4%.

The Clone Pilot 8ian economy, worth 57.8 trillion Credits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Pizza Delivery, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 43,274 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

Adult magazines are having a sales resurgence as internet anonymity disappears, riot police are stationed around paintings of violent protestors, engine room hooch is the drink of choice among the nation's navy, and parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clone Pilot 8's national animal is the Droid, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Clone Pilot 8 is ranked 192,839^th in the world and 2,755^th in eta for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 6,210.13 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.