The Republic of Red Criber is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, suspicion of poets, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic, devout population of 381 million Red Criberians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 67.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Red Criberian economy, worth 5.69 trillion pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Soda Sales, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 14,944 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign policy often involves bullwhips and leather. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Red Criber's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Red Criber is ranked 164,027^th in the world and 38^th in Lily for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 884.41 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.