The Empire of Nas Crustium is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by The Emperor of the Crusti with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, sprawling nuclear power plants, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 8.689 billion Crusti are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Crusticant. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 74.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Crusti economy, worth a remarkable 5,759 trillion Credits a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is a breathtaking 662,795 Credits, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 6,138,185 per year while the poor average 6,856, a ratio of 895 to 1.

Boot polish is the favourite lip gloss of entry-level corporate workers, no-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium, the only position a woman can hold is baby-maker, and abortions are routinely performed in the nation's hospitals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nas Crustium's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Imperial Cult.

Nas Crustium is ranked 39,884^th in the world and 449^th in the West Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 5,408.26 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.