The Republic of Ceden is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Albert Jones Hoffing with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 23.109 billion Cedenians 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 large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sentinel. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Cedenian economy, worth an astonishing 10,591 trillion kronors a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 458,336 kronors, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is proud to report that ten percent of all tax revenue goes to funding suspected terrorist organizations, a policy of plausible deniability helps protect the government from athletic doping scandals, it takes months to get the proper permits for a child's first tricycle, and royalist is the most offensive slur in the Cedenian language. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ceden's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ceden is ranked 311,071^st in the world and 2,712^th in the West Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -38.54 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.