The Republic of Crownly is a massive, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.296 billion Crownlyians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 41.0%.

The Crownlyian economy, worth 60.2 trillion papers a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 46,457 papers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

A ban on unsolicited cold calling in all forms is in effect, new urban roads are threatening city parks, a flying elephant and Leader share the same nickname, and a bill to outlaw math homework has been submitted. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Crownly's national animal is the crow, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Crownly is ranked 101,644^th in the world and 3^rd in Orcusa for Largest Information Technology Sector, scoring 5,154.17 on the Fann-Boi Productivity Index.