The Kingdom of The Cervantes Republic is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its public floggings, enslaved workforce, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 953 million Cervantes Republicians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 61.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Cervantes Republician economy, worth 48.0 trillion Cervantes turds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 50,350 Cervantes turds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Endocrinology is a rapidly growing field of study, hostage-takers offer loyalty scheme points for prompt payment, the right to a fair trial was recently abolished for reasons of convenience, and beating enemies to death with a baseball bat is legal if done within nine innings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Cervantes Republic's national animal is the Cervantes, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Cervantes Republic is ranked 209,933^rd in the world and 18^th in cervantesdill for Fattest Citizens, with 9.1 Obesity Rate.