The Dominion of Crisis is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Alexander the Great II with an iron fist, and notable for its enslaved workforce, fear of technology, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.105 billion Crisitts are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hadjno. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 57.2%.

The powerhouse Crisisinian economy, worth 202 trillion Hakkles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Gambling. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 96,004 Hakkles, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 280,875 per year while the poor average 25,898, a ratio of 10.8 to 1.

90% of active duty CAF personnel have been laid off and replaced by robot kill-drones, concert pianists lie about their occupation to avoid ridicule, chain-gangs are often seen toting barges and lifting bales, and strange lights seen in the sky are officially regarded as weather balloons or hoaxes and nothing else. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Crisis's national animal is the Grub, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is The Cult of the Golden Grub.

Crisis is ranked 185,904^th in the world and 4,411^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 490.16 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.