The Holy Empire of Clatfae is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Pope Xandaler Fince with a fair hand, and renowned for its public floggings, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 4.773 billion Clatfaeans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Spirituality, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Azetteln. The average income tax rate is 54.5%.

The very strong Clatfaean economy, worth 219 trillion Soulens a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,884 Soulens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

It is not politically correct to suspect that a serially convicted burglar might steal again, diminutive Clatfaean generals are feared for their aggressiveness, religious classes are compulsory for all school students, and park rangers struggle to deal with a rash of stolen pic-a-nic baskets. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clatfae's national animal is the Sri Lankan leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Order of the Rising Moon.

Clatfae is ranked 282,982^nd in the world and 6^th in Pacific Western Alliance for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 20,877.66 Standard Monetary Units.