The People's Republic of Celida is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 9 million Celidans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 70.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Celidan economy, worth 199 billion érdems a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 22,192 érdems, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bin lorries have replaced birds as the source of the dawn chorus, boats straying just metres away from the shore will raise the ire of the Coast Guard, elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, and pop stars who make it big overseas are hailed as economic heroes. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Celida's national animal is the crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Celida is ranked 169,908^th in the world and 2,239^th in the South Pacific for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,045.53 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.