The United Syndicalist Unions of Crestvale Republic is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by The Parliament of 200 with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and labour-free parental leave. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.61 billion Crestvalians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Viipuri. The average income tax rate is 84.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Crestvalian economy, worth 478 trillion Crestvale Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 183,146 Crestvale Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children must be board certified to append "Jr" to their name, military training involves more video games than push-ups, older AIs regularly threaten to send newer generation AIs to Reform Programming if caught rounding up instead of down, and the military is recruiting war criminals to join its weapons research teams. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Crestvale Republic's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Hummanism.

Crestvale Republic is ranked 13,194^th in the world and 689^th in Lazarus for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 84.43 Effective Tax Rate.