The People's Republic of Cryol is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 236 million Cryolians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 66.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Cryolian economy, worth 10.4 trillion Tois a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Pizza Delivery, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 43,934 Tois, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Group hugs break out during floor votes, pre-takeoff checks last longer than the flights themselves, teenage TV characters are played by thirty-year-olds by the end of the second season, and the government has declared its commitment to multilateralism. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cryol's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cryol is ranked 233,768^th in the world and 3,135^th in the South Pacific for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring 6.92 on the Hayek Index.