The Armed Republic of CR97 is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices, strictly enforced bedtime, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.23 billion CR97ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 90.0%.

The frighteningly efficient CR97ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,059 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 146,474 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Bread-gangs raid restaurant waste bins to stockpile uneaten rolls, descriptions of properties as "a stone's throw from the city centre" require a trebuchet to be true, coat closets are being re-branded as bedrooms, and the police crack down on tax evaders without mercy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. CR97's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

CR97 is ranked 15,746^th in the world and 1,826^th in Two for Largest Governments, scoring 32.54 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.