The Federal Republic of Clarkstan is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by President Vyaceslav Kanaev with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, unlimited-speed roads, and aversion to nipples. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 25.09 billion Clarkstanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Layton. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Clarkstanian economy, worth an astonishing 13,648 trillion Clarkstan marks a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is a breathtaking 543,974 Clarkstan marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Exiles see that the line where the sky meets the sea is just clouds and rain, people across the world seek to be healthier by eliminating carbs, the subway is dead quiet in early afternoons, and possession of tomato seeds with intent to garden is a criminal offence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clarkstan's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Christianity.

Clarkstan is ranked 126^th in the world and 9^th in Lazarus for Largest Black Market, with 23,702 trillion Standard Monetary Units.