The Republic of Clone Pilot 8 is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, avowedly heterosexual populace, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.348 billion Clone Pilot 8ians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 29.8%.

The Clone Pilot 8ian economy, worth 61.5 trillion Credits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,608 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Formerly fertile fields are being leached dry of nutrients by intensive farming, every day's an auto-de-fé day, hand-to-hand combat experience is udderly essential for all dairy ranchers, and reports of arson have doubled since the introduction of a privatised fire protection service. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clone Pilot 8's national animal is the Droid, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Clone Pilot 8 is ranked 105,671^st in the world and 1,598^th in eta for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,151.18 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.