The Republic of Clone Pilot 12 is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its daily referendums, public floggings, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.486 billion Clone Pilot 12ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 28.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Clone Pilot 12ian economy, worth 86.2 trillion Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 57,982 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

4-year-olds studying for their mathematics exams are anxious that they will be unemployable in adulthood if they fail, the state is footing the bill for billionaires' lawyers, the new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction, and fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clone Pilot 12's national animal is the Droid, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Clone Pilot 12 is ranked 221,444^th in the world and 4,673^rd in eta for Rudest Citizens, with 34.62 insults per minute.