The Republic of Ceden is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Albert Jones Hoffing with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, free-roaming dinosaurs, and vat-grown people. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 23.25 billion Cedenians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

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

The frighteningly efficient Cedenian economy, worth an astonishing 10,637 trillion kronors 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 457,518 kronors, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government theft from poor artists to give to rich allies has been dubbed the "reverse Robin Hood" policy, not all rivers run to the sea, nations that kill a Cedenian can expect a strongly worded letter, and the tools of the trade for landmine clearance appear to be copious amounts of gasoline and a box of matches. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ceden's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ceden is ranked 125,643^rd in the world and 1,121^st in the West Pacific for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 2,171.51 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.