The Oppressed Peoples of Blighted Cliff Racers is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic, devout population of 1.899 billion Blighted Cliff Racersians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 53.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Blighted Cliff Racersian economy, worth 66.6 trillion lire 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 Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 35,045 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blighted Cliff Racers's national animal is the swan.

Blighted Cliff Racers is ranked 128,024^th in the world and 262^nd in the Outback for Most Patriotic, with 13.8 flags saluted per person per day.