The Republic of Winter Cultist 124 is a colossal, genial nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 5.928 billion Winter Cultist 124ians 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 medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 42.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Winter Cultist 124ian economy, worth 207 trillion francs 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 Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 35,039 francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Winter Cultist 124's national animal is the bison.

Winter Cultist 124 is ranked 160,263^rd in the world and 1^st in The Black Fleet for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,133.51 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.