The Empire of CLU is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Erisson I Hastur with an even hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, ubiquitous missile silos, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, democratic, cheerful population of 46.021 billion CLUians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, liberal government is effectively ruled by the Department of Education, although Environment and Law & Order are also considered important, while Spirituality and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of CLU CLU Land. The average income tax rate is 14.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient CLUian economy, worth an astonishing 11,317 trillion arcade tokens a year, is quite specialized and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 245,910 arcade tokens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them, parents who reward their teens' chores with concert tickets are charged with illegal reselling, and turnstile jumpers grow up to be tax cheats. Crime is totally unknown. CLU's national animal is the grid bug, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

CLU is ranked 2,879^th in the world and 2^nd in Discordia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 711.51 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.