The Republic of Cycl is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its burgeoning bison population. The hard-working, democratic population of 2.443 billion Cyclians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.9%.

The strong Cyclian economy, worth 139 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 57,217 marks, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Cycl's national animal is the bison, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cycl is ranked 184,951^st in the world and 7,436^th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.