The Theocracy of Culdi is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cheerful, devout population of 15.751 billion Culdians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Culdian economy, worth a remarkable 3,800 trillion crowns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 241,258 crowns, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,172,409 per year while the poor average 28,673, a ratio of 40.9 to 1.

Students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak, mall countdown clocks warn that there are only 364 more shopping days until Maxxmas, factory workers offered 20-hour shifts are expected to thank their bosses for the wonderful opportunity, and the government has declared that sharing is uncaring. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Culdi's national animal is the lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Culdi is ranked 130,356^th in the world and 6^th in Albion for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 819.36 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.