The Popsicle Pete Nation of Clench is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Joseph with an iron fist, and renowned for its flagrant waste-dumping, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 32.666 billion follower of Josephs are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Industry and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Joseph City. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Josephic economy, worth an astonishing 33,702 trillion monies a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is a breathtaking 1,031,720 monies, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,405,694 per year while the poor average 233,833, a ratio of 14.6 to 1.

Children often explain to their parents that the Mega Ultimate Sword Fist was worth the thousand-money charge on their phone bill, the rainbow assortment of chemicals in the water has turned the frogs gay, red rinses are frequently applied to grey hair, and for just a few extra monies follower of Josephs can get new driving records with their new cars. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Clench's national animal is the viper, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Josephism.

Clench is ranked 234,660^th in the world and 6,453^rd in the Rejected Realms for Most Politically Free, scoring 2.29 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.