The United Socialist States of Crinitus is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.266 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 Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 90.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Crinitusian economy, worth 101 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 Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 79,915 slets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bigtopian interference in domestic elections is always democratically sanctioned, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, the mob vote is a crucial electoral demographic, and finders keepers is the law of the land. 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 33,274^th in the world and 169^th in The Leftist Assembly for Lowest Crime Rates, with 83.64 law-abiding acts per hour.