The Definition of Disappointment of Imperial Cecilia is a huge, genial nation, ruled by Chancellor Thomas Wagner with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, frequent executions, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 886 million Cecilians 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, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cascade. The average income tax rate is 46.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Cecilian economy, worth 104 trillion kanns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 117,395 kanns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

A handful of megacorporations own every "craft brewery" in the nation, the voyages of obsolete star-trekking satellites on deliberate escape orbits are only just beginning, a burger chain recently changed its name to Mack Donaldz for legal reasons, and Chancellor Thomas Wagner's exquisite office door is replaced monthly due to angry petitioners. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Imperial Cecilia's national animal is the Cecilian white harrier.

Imperial Cecilia is ranked 50,075^th in the world and 840^th in the South Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 76.64 law-abiding acts per hour.