The Republic of Clone Marine 16 is a massive, pleasant nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, zero percent divorce rate, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 1.553 billion Clone Marine 16ians 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 Defense, Welfare, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 33.3%.

The strong Clone Marine 16ian economy, worth 91.4 trillion Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 58,838 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Uploading purple prose to social media earns a place on a government watchlist, homeless people can be found sleeping on streets in front of unoccupied second homes, search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards, and newspapers and TV broadcasters are given a list of 'acceptable words'. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clone Marine 16's national animal is the Droid, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Clone Marine 16 is ranked 198,006^th in the world and 4,662^nd in eta for Least Corrupt Governments, with 92.37 percentage of bribes refused.