The Architeuthis Dux of Cthonian Wasteland is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Armaitus Syn with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, smutty television, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 36.961 billion Cthonian Wastelandians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Education are also considered important, while Environment and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Imboca. The average income tax rate is 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Cthonian Wastelandian economy, worth an astonishing 30,404 trillion szlotaks a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Book Publishing, Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is a breathtaking 822,600 szlotaks, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

Teen parties are often ruined by wet blanket chaperones, the most commonly-worn shoes are concrete ones, consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed, and mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cthonian Wasteland's national animal is the Plush Cthulhu, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Worship of the Elder Gods.

Cthonian Wasteland is ranked 530^th in the world and 1^st in Wysteria for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 22,103.95 on the Gilded Widget Scale.