The Republic of Cliponta is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its frequent executions, free-roaming dinosaurs, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.002 billion Clipontans 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Milan. The average income tax rate is 51.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Clipontan economy, worth 103 trillion Cytrusses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 103,637 Cytrusses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Decreased demand for toilets is saving the prison service a lot of money, people who have lived their entire lives in Cliponta are shocked to discover that they are not citizens, science centers and state of the art laboratories are ubiquitous, and apples shaped like baguettes have become a strange new food fad. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cliponta's national animal is the Onyx, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Cliponta is ranked 70,645^th in the world and 355^th in Europeia for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,443.86 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.