The Empire of Crokust is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Wéqz Kramioly with a fair hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.306 billion Crokustians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Raisata. The average income tax rate is 55.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Crokustian economy, worth 295 trillion Pretzes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 127,722 Pretzes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Diners regard burgers made from mechanically reclaimed cow protein as "proper meat", meat prices are soaring as the farming industry struggle under government-imposed restrictions, there is something rotten in the state of Crokust, and all footpaths have tollbooths. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Crokust's national animal is the Crocodile, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Crokust is ranked 217,494^th in the world and 10,335^th in Balder for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -5 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.