The Hokum Merchant Banker of Cu Chulaind is a gargantuan, cultured nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, anti-smoking policies, and punitive income tax rates. The cynical population of 26.521 billion Cu Chulaindians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 53.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Cu Chulaindian economy, worth a remarkable 1,016 trillion Spasms a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Gambling. Average income is 38,317 Spasms, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

A fashion designer has been arrested for inciting hatred after claiming redheads couldn't pull off vermillion, the government is avowedly atheist, prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams, and the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cu Chulaind's national animal is the Warp, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cu Chulaind is ranked 134,844^th in the world and 3^rd in The Library for Lowest Crime Rates, with 62.27 law-abiding acts per hour.