The Republic of Cloud-9 is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by David Miller with an even hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 15.504 billion Cloud-9ers enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Freedom. The average income tax rate is 48.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Cloud-9ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,296 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 83,650 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal, a video of David Miller wearing shock-blue face paint and smashing an electric guitar in front of a frenzied crowd is on endless repeat on the nightly news, sports fans complain that cricket tests now last an unbearable ten days, and diners regard burgers made from mechanically reclaimed cow protein as "proper meat". Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Cloud-9's national animal is the gamayun, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cloud-9 is ranked 97,743^rd in the world and 16^th in Gypsy Lands for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 48.42 Effective Tax Rate.