The Republic of Cities is a titanic, efficient nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 12.984 billion Citiesians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Citiesian economy, worth a remarkable 2,225 trillion 762x39s a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 171,401 762x39s, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 628,890 per year while the poor average 33,067, a ratio of 19.0 to 1.

Companies are literally blowing their competition out of the water, scummy-looking teenagers outside government buildings sell bureaucrats spoofed ShortTok accounts, the country is littered with broken homes, and 'Mountain Doobie' is widely regarded as the nation's favourite drink. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cities's national animal is the AK-47, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cities is ranked 34,560^th in the world and 1,803^rd in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 76 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.