The People's Republic of Clarksdale is a gargantuan, cultured nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, public floggings, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 14.265 billion Clarksdaleans 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 45.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Clarksdalean economy, worth a remarkable 2,167 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 151,918 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

The nation has nearly as many history museums as Clarksdaleans, panels from bankrupt rooftop solar companies are used as props for sci-fi B-movies, the fishing lobby has stemmed the tide of environmental regulations, and internet moderators work overtime to remove memes comparing Leader to cartoon bears. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clarksdale's national animal is the Black Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Clarksdale is ranked 30,049^th in the world and 1^st in Mississippi for Lowest Crime Rates, with 82.7 law-abiding acts per hour.