The Republic of Cloud-9 is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by David Miller with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 15.418 billion Cloud-9ers enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Freedom. The average income tax rate is 48.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Cloud-9ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,295 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 84,003 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Future forecasters fearfully discuss grey goo and human obsolescence, the government forces Cloud-9ers to eat their vegetables, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal, and a video of David Miller wearing shock-blue face paint and smashing an electric guitar in front of a frenzied crowd is on endless repeat on the nightly news. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Cloud-9's national animal is the gamayun, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cloud-9 is ranked 14,081^st in the world and 6^th in Gypsy Lands for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 4,264.2 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.