The Republic of Cloud-9 is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by David Miller with an even hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, unlimited-speed roads, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 15.459 billion Cloud-9ers enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Freedom. The average income tax rate is 48.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Cloud-9ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,292 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 83,604 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government forces Cloud-9ers to eat their vegetables, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal, a video of David Miller wearing shock-blue face paint and smashing an electric guitar in front of a frenzied crowd is on endless repeat on the nightly news, and sports fans complain that cricket tests now last an unbearable ten days. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Cloud-9's national animal is the gamayun, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cloud-9 is ranked 12,918^th in the world and 7^th in Gypsy Lands for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 4,002.15 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.