The Backcountry Farmland of Cleetus and Beans is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Cleetus Jefferson Murfree with an even hand, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, keen interest in outer space, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 10.72 billion Bean Farmers are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cleetshill. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 33.5%.

The frighteningly efficient good ol' economy, worth a remarkable 2,363 trillion Beans a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 220,501 Beans, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,167,052 per year while the poor average 22,086, a ratio of 52.8 to 1.

The nation's diplomatic missives are now delivered via sniper rifle, fair play is a sportsbook refusing to pay what it owes, the only place where one can see the good ol' cherry tree is in a museum, and the invisible hand of the market wipes babies' bottoms. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Cleetus and Beans's national animal is the Yorkshire Hog, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Ethelism.

Cleetus and Beans is ranked 10,634^th in the world and 1^st in West Virginia for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 40,986.53 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.