The United Socialist States of Crinitus is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.639 billion Crinitusians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 91.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Crinitusian economy, worth 144 trillion slets a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 88,260 slets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Praying before a battle is a court-martial offence, the nation leads The Leftist Assembly in per capita stalking, census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate, and pro-wrestling bouts open with a legal disclaimer insisting that any violence is guaranteed 100% faked. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Crinitus's national animal is the Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Crinitus is ranked 14,697^th in the world and 167^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Cultured, scoring 98 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.