The Socialist Republic of Cloudy Mountain is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Stogrim Proudhammer with a fair hand, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 22.059 billion Cloudy Mountains enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Karak Drark. The average income tax rate is 88.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Cloudy Mountainian economy, worth a remarkable 3,813 trillion gold coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 172,879 gold coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

The nation has declared war on all passing comets, seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma, scenic tours are unheard of after most environmental laws were abolished, and the 'sing-a-long with Stogrim Proudhammer' album is a popular souvenir. Crime is totally unknown. Cloudy Mountain's national animal is the Badger, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cloudy Mountain is ranked 300,487^th in the world and 81^st in Tarkin for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -12.14 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.