The Holy Empire of An Clar is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Gaius Melkor with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, public floggings, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 28.23 billion Clarians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Inis. The income tax rate is 100%.

The enormous but inefficient Clarian economy, worth a remarkable 4,336 trillion banner yoyoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 153,618 banner yoyoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Much of An Clar's computer network is controlled by a rampant artificial intelligence, Big Brother is still watching even when your big brother is dead, the government is paving paradises to put up parking lots, and psychiatrists that date patients are congratulated on their romantic conquests. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. An Clar's national animal is the magpie, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Melkorianism.

An Clar is ranked 133,236^th in the world and 745^th in Europe for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 460.78 on the Hickory Productivity Index.