The Republic of Cloudstrider is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its public floggings and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 33.638 billion Cloudstriderians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 38.2%.

The strong Cloudstriderian economy, worth a remarkable 1,431 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 42,567 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

The government's new 'Crime Can Fight Itself' policy appears to be backfiring rather badly, loans are available for students from poor families, punitive tariffs protect local industry, and parents are held criminally responsible for their children's crimes. Crime is moderate. Cloudstrider's national animal is the chirping cricket, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cloudstrider is ranked 231,873^rd in the world and 9,664^th in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 55.76 law-abiding acts per hour.