The Free Land of Cruth is a tiny, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 9 million Cruthians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.3%.

The very strong Cruthian economy, worth 599 billion rubles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 66,592 rubles, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 244,952 per year while the poor average 12,796, a ratio of 19.1 to 1.

Restaurants have noticed that hanging wet laundry from the ceiling makes diners order more food, a chain of pubs that cater solely to children has recently been unveiled, the Ministry of Truthiness now manages the entire media industry, and six-year-old children playing dress-up are viewed with suspicion. Crime is moderate. Cruth's national animal is the kiwi.

Cruth is ranked 82,079^th in the world and 3,626^th in Lazarus for Most Corrupt Governments, with 23.15 kickbacks per hour.