The Bewilderment of Lady Claypool is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 27.791 billion Claypools are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The medium-sized, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Public Transport. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23.4%.

The very strong Gullable economy, worth a remarkable 1,419 trillion Pounds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. Average income is 51,068 Pounds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 156,005 per year while the poor average 12,957, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Crime is a problem. Lady Claypool's national animal is the Duck, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Lady Claypool is ranked 226,247^th in the world and 2^nd in La France for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 20 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.