The Democratic Republic of Cratens is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate population of 1.523 billion Cratensians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 20.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Cratensian economy, worth 105 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,529 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Leader has been self-declared as the Most Supreme Magnificent Overlord of Everything You Ever Saw, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, businesses are forced to bring all work back within the nation's borders, and heart attack victims are thrown onto the rails. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cratens's national animal is the panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cratens is ranked 202,385^th in the world and 2^nd in New Worlds Order for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 5,792.35 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.