The Territorial Area of Clavaria is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Butcher Riordan with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, ritual sacrifices, and suspicion of poets. The devout population of 4.566 billion Urceans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cleaver City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 35.7%.

The all-consuming Urcean economy, worth 381 trillion Territorial Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 83,522 Territorial Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 7.9 times as much as the poorest.

Report cards now include a 'Pain Tolerance' grading column, the nation is infamous for its mass graves of discarded robots, the government snoops on private internet connections, and it is popularly believed that "cheese every day keeps disaster away". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clavaria's national animal is the Territorial Dog and its national religion is Catholicism.

Clavaria is ranked 36,716^th in the world and 1^st in Meatpackers union for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 24,921.24 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.