The Colony of The Climb Back is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 570 million streams hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Spirituality, although Defense, Welfare, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Industry is ignored. The average income tax rate is 14.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Climb Backian economy, worth 25.8 trillion 808s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Gambling, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,278 808s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is well under control. The Climb Back's national animal is the rapper, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Climb Back is ranked 92,056^th in the world and 1^st in Forum Squared for Most Cultured, scoring 67 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.