The Empire of Free Closfurbatica is a mammoth, efficient nation, notable for its state-planned economy, daily referendums, and national health service. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 5.24 billion Closfurbaticans 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 enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 88.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Closfurbatican economy, worth 803 trillion dollars 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Uranium Mining, Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 153,258 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

An underground movement of cigarette smokers has sprung up in response to a government ban, replacement organs are grown in vats, scientists are researching the best way to kill off humanity to prevent catastrophic war, and the emus of Free Closfurbatica are surprisingly well-adjusted. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Free Closfurbatica's national animal is the emu, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Free Closfurbatica is ranked 8,433^rd in the world and 1^st in Danburg for Largest Black Market, with 720 trillion Standard Monetary Units.