The United Socialist States of Crisantemo13 is a mammoth, efficient nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 6.985 billion Crisantemians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of CD102. The average income tax rate is 93.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Crisantemo13ian economy, worth 916 trillion aspirines a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 131,268 aspirines, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Music award shows include surprise polygraph segments, what goes down must come up, urban planners beg for just one more lane before bedtime, and parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Crisantemo13's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Crisantemo13 is ranked 4,048^th in the world and 133^rd in The Communist Bloc for Nicest Citizens, with 51.22 average smiles per day.