The Glittering Fury of Cretox State is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Citizen 01 with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, frequent executions, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.254 billion Cretox Stateans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Impact Site C-369. The average income tax rate is 48.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cretox Statean economy, worth 137 trillion Embers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 110,041 Embers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Hiding wrinkles with make-up is illegal, UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, Cretox State's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, and begun the Clone Wars have. Crime is totally unknown. Cretox State's national animal is the Invisible Purple Narwhal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Russellian Teapotism.

Cretox State is ranked 12,886^th in the world and 691^st in The North Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 87.85 on the Human Development Index.