The Federal Republic of Crustoria is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Den with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 6.564 billion Crustorians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 91.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Crustorian economy, worth a remarkable 1,006 trillion Crusts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 153,289 Crusts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government-sponsored WiFi allows farmers to rant about city folks in real time, children who drop their ice cream are fined for littering, arms manufacturing has been put at an arm's length, and entomologists flock to Crustoria City for its remarkable gadfly population. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Crustoria's national animal is the Brotadler, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism.

Crustoria is ranked 22,071^st in the world and 623^rd in The North Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 86.51 on the Human Development Index.