The Republic of Cypheri is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Douglas J Hunley with an even hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, ban on automobiles, and national health service. The compassionate, cheerful population of 16.478 billion Cypherians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zion. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Cypherian economy, worth a remarkable 5,268 trillion dollars 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 319,706 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Modelling agencies send their clients to work in nursing homes, the CBI Channel Tunnel project is plagued by delays, excited shovel-bearing geeks wander the countryside, and cars have been banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cypheri's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Science.

Cypheri is ranked 290,091^st in the world and 5,434^th in the South Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -32.82 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.