The People's Republic of Celida is a small, socially progressive nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 23 million Celidans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 73.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The weak Celidan economy, worth 676 billion érdems 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 led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 29,396 érdems, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Diplomats miss flights while wandering Celida City Airport's endless art maze, windows in Celida City don't have much of a view, government bureaucrats devote many man-hours to trying to measure unquantifiables, and the Celida Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Celida's national animal is the crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Celida is ranked 214,697^th in the world and 2,568^th in the South Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 512.51 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.