The Protectorate of The CIC is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Leader with an iron fist, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, public floggings, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.785 billion CICians 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 large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The cat. The average income tax rate is 54.1%.

The strong CICian economy, worth 105 trillion CIXeses a year, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 58,585 CIXeses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Punk-rockers and girl-bands are united in their loss of fashion statements, mothers are routinely abandoning their children in the name of women's rights, lines of trenches demarcate the nation's borders, and withdrawal of support for drug addicts is leaving many with cold sweats. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The CIC's national animal is the Pig, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The CIC is ranked 224,276^th in the world and 15^th in cervantesdill for Most Secular, with 14.64 Atheism Rate.