The Free Land of Clerb is a small, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic population of 23 million Clerbians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 73.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Clerbian economy, worth 377 billion NoTrumps 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 dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 16,404 NoTrumps, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Interest in globalism never flags, doctors who mutter "Oh my God" often lose their medical license, the volume of paperwork used to complete a single environmental assessment defeats the purpose, and demand for gourmet white truffles is on the rise. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clerb's national animal is the 6 of Spades, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Clerb is ranked 294,883^rd in the world and 2^nd in The Bullied who will not Bow for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -7.21 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.