The Republic of Cleavage is a colossal, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic, devout population of 7.848 billion Cleavageans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government prioritizes Healthcare, with Welfare, Law & Order, and Defense also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 66.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Cleavagean economy, worth 265 trillion Kroner a year, is quite specialized and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 33,787 Kroner, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cleavage City's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight, major corporations receive tax breaks for no apparent reason, well-off serial killers write monthly checks to avoid jail time, and the right to free speech is being drastically curtailed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cleavage's national animal is the Voters, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cleavage is ranked 218,719^th in the world and 4,970^th in the Rejected Realms for Highest Food Quality, scoring 10.39 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.