The Republic of Clone Marine 12 is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and avant-garde cinema. The devout population of 1.291 billion Clone Marine 12ians 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 Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 32.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Clone Marine 12ian economy, worth 54.8 trillion Credits a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 42,430 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Money can't buy happiness but it can buy immunity to prosecution, many Clone Marine 12ians twitch nervously at the sight of nuns, police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds, and travelers are subject to extensive searches if beet stains are visible on their clothing. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clone Marine 12's national animal is the Droid, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Clone Marine 12 is ranked 117,436^th in the world and 1,283^rd in eta for Most Cultured, scoring 65 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.