The United Socialist States of Crookstan is a mammoth, cultured nation, renowned for its daily referendums, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.04 billion Crookstanians 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 enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Crooksburg. The average income tax rate is 85.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Crookstanian economy, worth 687 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 97,713 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Traffic cops spend most of their work-hours calculating citizens' monthly income, politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental, people make a career out of medical voyeurism, and the thrash metal version of the national anthem is topping charts. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Crookstan's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Crookstan is ranked 162,487^th in the world and 8,733^rd in Lazarus for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 614.81 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.