The Democratic Republic of Claiomha is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, daily referendums, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, democratic population of 566 million Claiomhans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 71.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Claiomhan economy, worth 39.6 trillion Punts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is 70,004 Punts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Community-designed sword prostheses are becoming dangerously common, the art of conversation has been rediscovered, the official Claiomhan Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child, and Occam's razor has sliced to pieces any childhood belief in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. Crime is totally unknown. Claiomha's national animal is the Red Deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Claiomha is ranked 55,993^rd in the world and 340^th in The Leftist Assembly for Lowest Crime Rates, with 68.73 Law-abiding Acts Per Hour.