The County of Clare is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Tom Coughlan with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 29.011 billion Clareans are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ennis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.9%.

The very strong Clarean economy, worth a remarkable 1,128 trillion punts a year, is quite specialized and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Pizza Delivery, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 38,910 punts, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 118,863 per year while the poor average 9,872, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Roman Catholicism has been named as Clare's national religion, Clare has designated Ennis as its capital city, Tom Coughlan has just been declared ruler of Clare in an international press conference, and abortion is only legal in unusual circumstances. Crime is a problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Clare's national animal is the wyvern and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Clare is ranked 91,433^rd in the world and 115^th in Grant for Largest Black Market, with 3.06 trillion Standard Monetary Units.