The Dictatorship of Cientia is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its soft-spoken computers, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 662 million Congressians 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 55.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Cientian economy, worth 46.2 trillion Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 69,777 Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tourists need only sign on the dotted line to become citizens, people are offered free trials to go to trial, Cientia City University is said to be the modern-day Tower of Babel, and ministers browse Alright! magazine for fashion tips. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cientia's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cientia is ranked 42,868^th in the world and 24^th in Liberty Islands for Most Cultured, scoring 74 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.