The Matriarchy of Ceness is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, pith helmet sales, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.662 billion Cenessians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Cenessian economy, worth 251 trillion rupees a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 151,282 rupees, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,358,624 per year while the poor average 2,130, a ratio of 637 to 1.

Citizens have reported seeing strange rays of light emanating from the moon, the most common answers to where babies come from are "uh... ask your mother" and "um... ask your father", playing an online nation simulation game legally obliges you to buy the creator's latest novel, and cities are engulfed by smog. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ceness's national animal is the porpoise, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Ceness is ranked 83,611^th in the world and 311^th in Concord for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,792.81 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.