The Senatorial College of Cielovera is a massive, safe nation, ruled by High Magistrate Enkidu with an even hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 4.986 billion Cieloverans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zylazistratium. The average income tax rate is 95.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Cieloveran economy, worth a remarkable 1,020 trillion Rizeths a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 204,719 Rizeths, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Internet searches for the inventor of the three-wheeled steam-powered Cieloveran weed picker are way up, police officers often conceal their identities to safeguard against public complaints, travelers are subject to extensive searches if beet stains are visible on their clothing, and the government has instituted 'traveller reservations' across the country. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cielovera's national animal is the Panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Cielovera is ranked 283,433^rd in the world and 1,100^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Armed, with 0.14 weapons per person.