The People's Republic of Celida is a tiny, genial nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 8 million Celidans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 70.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Celidan economy, worth 177 billion érdems a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Trout Farming. Average income is 22,239 érdems, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Employers are keenest on employees who lack family values, citizens complain about a burning sensation after bathing, bin lorries have replaced birds as the source of the dawn chorus, and boats straying just metres away from the shore will raise the ire of the Coast Guard. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Celida's national animal is the crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Celida is ranked 253,064^th in the world and 3,083^rd in the South Pacific for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 27.77 on the Bus Surprisal Index.