The Watchfires of CR-2 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its enslaved workforce, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 20.6 billion CR-2ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.0%.

The powerhouse CR-2ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,407 trillion $$s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 68,341 $$s, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 194,554 per year while the poor average 19,153, a ratio of 10.2 to 1.

A favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, foreign leaders who don't applaud Leader's speeches are regarded as enemies of CR-2, swordfish with strange deformities like three eyes and tentacles have been seen prancing through the countryside where industrial waste is dumped, 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 almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. CR-2's national animal is the swordfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

CR-2 is ranked 162,050^th in the world and 1^st in Congo River for Lowest Crime Rates, with 59.97 law-abiding acts per hour.