The Empire of Cutenes is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 500 million Cutenesians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.7%.

The very strong Cutenesian economy, worth 28.8 trillion days in the armies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Retail, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 57,516 days in the armies, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 203,588 per year while the poor average 11,732, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

The country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry and students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Cutenes's national animal is the Kittens, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Cutenes is ranked 180,052^nd in the world and 6^th in Neo Fractured Angel Islands for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 363.01 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.