The Free and Democratic Republic of Claibornia is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Friedrich Ebrehere with an iron fist, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, vat-grown people, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.948 billion Claibornians 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, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Education, Industry, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Welfare and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novum Aurelianensis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Claibornian economy, worth 225 trillion Claibornian Marcs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 115,758 Claibornian Marcs, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 347,274 per year while the poor average 30,139, a ratio of 11.5 to 1.

Friedrich Ebrehere's Dreadnought-class tankbuster limousine is said to have more ammunition than the entire Brancalandian Army, foreign policy is based upon the principle of sieve and take, visiting dignitaries make excuses to leave functions early and head to the nearest pub, and most citizens in Claibornia are abject pyrophobes after extremely graphic pamphlets were mailed nationwide by the government. Crime is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Claibornia's national animal is the Haynesville Butterfly, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Gaian Catholicism.

Claibornia is ranked 159,346^th in the world and 208^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Highest Food Quality, scoring 14.75 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.