The Technocracy of Clearpond is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Director Eliphas Klien with an iron fist, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical, cheerful population of 19.996 billion Clearpondians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hyperion. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Clearpondian economy, worth a remarkable 5,143 trillion Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 257,205 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Endangered bison are herded across the border to prevent them from trampling on native prairie grass, citizens are deployed to barren deserts to protect small territorial claims, loudmouthed journalists are given the chop, and the news is showing footage of Director Eliphas Klien bullying an old man to the point of tears. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clearpond's national animal is the Yao Guai, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Church Of Atom.

Clearpond is ranked 11,421^st in the world and 325^th in the South Pacific for Safest, scoring 119.61 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.