The Matriarchy of Citherst is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its triple-decker prams, digital currency, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.289 billion Citherstians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The tiny, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Industry, although Administration, Law & Order, and Defense are also considered important, while Social Policy and International Aid aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 3.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Citherstian economy, worth 212 trillion guilders a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 164,914 guilders, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,485,014 per year while the poor average 2,268, a ratio of 654 to 1.

It's not just poseurs who wear oversized sound-cancelling headphones as they walk the city streets, teddy bear James Dean (aka "the Rebel Without the Claws") helps convince kids that candy cigarettes are cool, vanity is considered the fifth cardinal virtue, and the Citherstian Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Citherst's national animal is the kangaroo, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Citherst is ranked 119,686^th in the world and 447^th in Concord for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,775.97 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.