The Republic of Lightning McClean is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its burgeoning car population. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 4.096 billion Lightning McCleanians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 16.4%.

The strong Lightning McCleanian economy, worth 247 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is 60,438 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers, cricket farmers use magnifying glasses to fit every member of their herd with tiny tracking tags, the official Lightning McCleanian Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child, and farmers have taken to hunting billionaires who encroach on their land. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lightning McClean's national animal is the car, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Lightning McClean is ranked 200,616^th in the world and 1^st in The island of java for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 54.31 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.