The Armed Republic of Cliff Battles is a gargantuan, genial nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, soft-spoken computers, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate population of 11.912 billion Cliff Battlesians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 31.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Cliff Battlesian economy, worth 704 trillion Yen a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 59,180 Yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Shelters struggle to keep up with the endless intake of stray animals, several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, incarcerated crime lords manage their empires from massage tables, and sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cliff Battles's national animal is the Cow, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Cliff Battles is ranked 97,982^nd in the world and 31^st in The Gallery for Lowest Crime Rates, with 66.11 law-abiding acts per hour.