The Empire of Cry Nerow is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Nerow with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, unlimited-speed roads, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.999 billion Nerowians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nerowtopia. The average income tax rate is 28.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cry Nerowian economy, worth 489 trillion Nerowian Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Retail. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 163,358 Nerowian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Commuters travel in zigzags to avoid stalking accusations, police detectives carry phrenology calipers as part of their standard kit, the local custom of Biking With The Cars sends tourists home bemused or in body-bags, and schoolchildren have more trading cards than flash cards in their backpacks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Cry Nerow's national animal is the Buffalo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Agnosticism.

Cry Nerow is ranked 222,459^th in the world and 12,092^nd in Balder for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -3.95 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.