The Kingdom of Cluo is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce, triple-decker prams, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 2.161 billion Cluoans 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, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 72.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Cluoan economy, worth 266 trillion guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 123,421 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The police use sound cannons and mortars to deal with loud parties, cleaners are very careful not to bump into the big red button on Leader's desk, it's all white elephants on parade, and it's best to decline if Leader offers to buy a round of drinks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cluo's national animal is the elephant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Cluo is ranked 327,999^th in the world and 301^st in The Khamen Union for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -15.28 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.