The Republic of Clone Commander 8 is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, restrictive gun laws, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.304 billion Clone Commander 8ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Public Transport, Healthcare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 46.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Clone Commander 8ian economy, worth 43.8 trillion Credits a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 33,562 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government forces Clone Commander 8ians to eat their vegetables, religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, rumor has it that the government was paid off by the mob to allow casinos to reopen, and endangered species are effective hostages against the Clone Commander 8ian military. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clone Commander 8's national animal is the Droid, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Clone Commander 8 is ranked 120,849^th in the world and 1,445^th in eta for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 632.24 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.