The Department of Creuse is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Philippe Chopin with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory military service and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, devout population of 24.605 billion Creusoises are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Guéret. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 42.0%.

The thriving Creusois economy, worth a remarkable 1,458 trillion francs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 59,291 francs, with the richest citizens earning 7.9 times as much as the poorest.

RPG fans reminisce fondly about when people thought they were evil and dangerous rather than geeky and socially inept, old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones, the Creusois Intelligence Agency has put 'Project Quantum Refrigerator' on hold indefinitely, and judicial robes are the country's hottest fashion trend. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Creuse's national animal is the goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Creuse is ranked 311,203^rd in the world and 68^th in Department Store for Nudest, with 6 cheeks per square mile.