The People's Republic of Cutote is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Big Money with an iron fist, and notable for its pith helmet sales, rampant corporate plagiarism, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 32.932 billion Cutoters are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order and Industry are also considered important, while Environment and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dutote. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Cutoter economy, worth an astonishing 31,844 trillion Credits a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Average income is a breathtaking 966,979 Credits, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 9,058,630 per year while the poor average 8,681, a ratio of 1,043 to 1.

Cleaners are very careful not to bump into the big red button on Big Money's desk, groups of three or more trees are cut down in the name of 'child safety', large areas of Cutote are not accessible by the public, and travellers are often forcibly evicted by torch-bearing mobs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Cutote's national animal is the Rabbit-Tev, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Worship of Money.

Cutote is ranked 19^th in the world and 1^st in Pontbridge Islands for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 58,336.98 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.