The Commonwealth of Cyleia is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Silas Adar with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, daily referendums, and flagrant waste-dumping. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 24.674 billion Cyleians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Industry, although Defense, Education, and Administration are also considered important, while Environment and Law & Order aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Erare. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Cyleian economy, worth an astonishing 14,306 trillion racus a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Gambling. Average income is a breathtaking 579,802 racus, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,990,619 per year while the poor average 29,999, a ratio of 133 to 1.

Criminal convictions are routinely thrown out because the accused's grandmother didn't get to testify about their good character, televangelists flaunt their expensive cars when they attend charity events, the country has been 'going shopping' by annexing nearby nations for their resources, and vats of anabolic steroids are being dumped into the ocean to make Cyleian mussels the biggest in Osiris. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, probably because of the absence of a police force. Cyleia's national animal is the phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cyleia is ranked 286^th in the world and 5^th in Osiris for Most Cultured, scoring 624 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.