The Republic of The Cerberus union is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Flintheart Glomgold with an iron fist, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, triple-decker prams, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.171 billion Cerberians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hades. The average income tax rate is 38.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cerberus unionian economy, worth 127 trillion Jades a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 108,553 Jades, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are permitted to carry concealed handguns, visiting the best Cerberus unionian restaurants requires keeping a visa on file, a referendum must be held in order for any new law to be passed, and small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Cerberus union's national animal is the Marine iguana, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Bibble.

The Cerberus union is ranked 82,376^th in the world and 5^th in Access The Axis for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 2,971.96 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.