The Federation of Ciderlovers is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working population of 1.1 billion Ciderloversians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 9.0%.

The very strong Ciderloversian economy, worth 101 trillion cores a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is 92,058 cores, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Coastal cities are being moved a dozen miles inland to reduce flooding risk, dozens of additional foreign policy specialists have been sent to the country's WA Mission, Animal Liberationists are regularly arrested, and college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ciderlovers's national animal is the sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ciderlovers is ranked 50,871^st in the world and 603^rd in 10000 Islands for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 118.1 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.