The Republic of Cucumber of the night is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its enslaved workforce, ritual sacrifices, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 4.545 billion Cucumber of the nightians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 29.6%.

The all-consuming Cucumber of the nightian economy, worth 460 trillion deniers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 101,261 deniers, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 371,538 per year while the poor average 19,535, a ratio of 19.0 to 1.

Retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards, the experimental sculpture "Overtures In Dried Falcon Dung" has been declared a national treasure, and agriculture is heavily subsidized by the government. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cucumber of the night's national animal is the falcon, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Cucumber of the night is ranked 88,679^th in the world and 34^th in South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 2,329.76 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.