The Republic of The Clowns is a titanic, safe nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 12.28 billion Clownsians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 45.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Clownsian economy, worth 127 trillion regions a year, is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, and Tourism. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 10,410 regions, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, Harry Potter books are banned, organ donation is compulsory, and wrongful arrests abound as 'criminals' blame the guy next to them. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Clowns's national animal is the black hawk.

The Clowns is ranked 293,708^th in the world and 1^st in The Clown Hawks for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,462.19 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.