The Nexus of Circui is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by The Gestalt with an iron fist, and notable for its ban on automobiles, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.97 billion Circuians 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, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nexus. The average income tax rate is 70.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Circuian economy, worth 107 trillion chits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 54,378 chits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, every workday begins with group therapy, kids these days know how to throw a proper punch, and the standardised national curriculum requires that all-male classes be taught why they have periods. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Circui's national animal is the eurasian owl, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Gestaltism.

Circui is ranked 104,165^th in the world and 440^th in Talonia for Most Cultured, scoring 66 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.