The Republic of Lewis and clarke is a colossal, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, smutty television, and infamous sell-swords. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 9.748 billion Lewis and clarkeans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 72.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Lewis and clarkean economy, worth a remarkable 1,051 trillion guilders a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 107,874 guilders, with the richest citizens earning 8.6 times as much as the poorest.

No one born in Lewis and clarke can fix a leaky faucet, understaffed slavers offer highballs when asked to 'pass the screwdriver' during household maintenance, the nation has nearly as many history museums as Lewis and clarkeans, and concert halls sport signs proclaiming "No Shorts, Sandals or Swastikas". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lewis and clarke's national animal is the porpoise.

Lewis and clarke is ranked 36,889^th in the world and 1,101^st in The North Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 4,959.08 on the Gilded Widget Scale.