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The Empire of Cloydicia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 20.163 billion Cloydicians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Squibble. The average income tax rate is 91.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cloydician economy, worth a remarkable 2,504 trillion Yangs a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 124,188 Yangs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Autopsies often involve only cursory examination, dog owners proudly declare that their pups can predict when the mailman will arrive, immigrants who carry knives on them are presumed to be chefs, and community organizers have given up going door to door because nobody is home. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cloydicia's national animal is the Squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cloydicia is ranked 286,571^st in the world and 5,242^nd in The North Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 11,176.96 Standard Monetary Units.