The Revolutionary Republic of Claibornia is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Provisional Government with an iron fist, and remarkable for its smutty television, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.921 billion Claibornians 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Education, Industry, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Welfare and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novum Aurelianensis. The average income tax rate is 27.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Claibornian economy, worth 213 trillion Claibornian Francs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 111,020 Claibornian Francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

The nation is loathed abroad for dumping all of its waste in international waters, men's magazines give handy tips on the most effective way to throw heavy stones, merriment is might when jesters come calling with puppets in the night, and older ladies are inundated with offers to help them cross the road. Crime is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Claibornia's national animal is the Haynesville Butterfly, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Gaian Catholicism.

Claibornia is ranked 194,589^th in the world and 191^st in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -1.25 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.