The Republic of Clonegarth 018 is a titanic, efficient nation, renowned for its national health service, pith helmet sales, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 13.555 billion Clonegarth 018ians 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, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 45.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Clonegarth 018ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,608 trillion Gold Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 118,666 Gold Coins, with the richest citizens earning 9.2 times as much as the poorest.

Black gold is looking more brown these days, mathematics majors learn about new ways to model their crushing debt, emergency vehicles have built-in nudge bars to give uncooperative drivers a "gentle" push, and government buildings are being cleansed of anything that might have racist connotations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clonegarth 018's national animal is the Black Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Clonegarth 018 is ranked 59,874^th in the world and 18^th in House Elegarth for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,537.21 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.