The Republic of Cliponta is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its teetotalling pirates, public floggings, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 956 million Clipontans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Milan. The average income tax rate is 47.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Clipontan economy, worth 100 trillion Cytrusses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 104,660 Cytrusses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Commercials are consistently recorded in soft white rooms, there is one competing standard, politicians are often seen with soldiers pointing guns at their heads, and open-casket funerals are avoided at all cost. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cliponta's national animal is the Onyx, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Cliponta is ranked 275,474^th in the world and 1,281^st in Europeia for Fattest Citizens, with 6.41 Obesity Rate.