The People's Republic of Clarksdale is a titanic, cultured nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and lack of airports. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 19.35 billion Clarksdaleans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Clarksdalean economy, worth a remarkable 3,342 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 172,720 Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 633,731 per year while the poor average 33,322, a ratio of 19.0 to 1.

Expats return home to a government devoid of social and environmental agencies, the Not a Tax Haven Foundation is the most popular charity, childhood friends of Leader are living it large abroad at the taxpayers' expense, and the government single-handedly sustains the bunk bed market. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clarksdale's national animal is the Black Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Clarksdale is ranked 146,356^th in the world and 1^st in Mississippi for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 445.53 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.