The Republic of Glael Clington is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its smutty television, anti-smoking policies, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 345 million Clingtonians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Éclatbourg. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37.4%.

The very strong Glael Clingtonian economy, worth 22.0 trillion euros 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 slick, highly efficient black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, 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 63,744 euros, with the richest citizens earning 6.7 times as much as the poorest.

Nuclear bases are readying themselves for missile deployment, the nation is weighing the price of victory following a nuclear strike, burnt-out forty-foot-tall wicker men dot the countryside, and it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Glael Clington's national animal is the phoenix.

Glael Clington is ranked 89,163^rd in the world and 762^nd in Europe for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,801.15 on the Gilded Widget Scale.