The People's Republic of Cutote is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Big Money with an iron fist, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, parental licensing program, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 28.74 billion Cutoters 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 minute, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order and Industry also on the agenda, while Environment and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dutote. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Cutoter economy, worth an astonishing 26,165 trillion Credits a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Average income is a breathtaking 910,432 Credits, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 8,528,810 per year while the poor average 8,174, a ratio of 1,043 to 1.

The giant 80-storey carving of Big Money in Mount Rushless can be seen from space, inheritance tax has recently been abolished, colonists who were promised new lands find only war-torn devastation, and citizens have reported seeing strange rays of light emanating from the moon. 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. Cutote's national animal is the Rabbit-Tev, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Worship of Money.

Cutote is ranked 6^th in the world and 2^nd in Pontbridge Islands for Fattest Citizens, with 99.36 Obesity Rate.