The Republic of Cigarette is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its digital currency, keen interest in outer space, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.755 billion Cigaretteans are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.8%.

The thriving Cigarettean economy, worth 129 trillion Currencies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 73,976 Currencies, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

The government invades its allies more than its enemies, things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication, Door-to-door Insurance Sales facilities are being turned into Smoke habitats, and the population's jaw muscles put sharks to shame. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cigarette's national animal is the Smoke, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Cigarette is ranked 118,778^th in the world and 5,549^th in Balder for Most Corrupt Governments, with 7.88 kickbacks per hour.