The Rogue Nation of Clastead is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its vat-grown people, avant-garde cinema, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.623 billion Clasteadians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 91.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Clasteadian economy, worth 145 trillion Diligences a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,497 Diligences, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

A rebrand a day keeps the debt collectors away, Clastead is building an army to protect its overseas territories, the love has gone in Clastead, and cash-strapped junkies lick rabbits for a cheap high. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clastead's national animal is the Doe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Clastead is ranked 181,156^th in the world and 683^rd in Concord for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 335.39 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.