The Armed Republic of Cidon is a gargantuan, orderly nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 17.444 billion Cidonians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Environment, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 52.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Cidonian economy, worth 50.1 trillion Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 2,870 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cidon's national animal is the horse.

Cidon is ranked 132,210^th in the world and 4,787^th in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring zero on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.