The Dominion of Crystal Palais is a behemoth, safe nation, ruled by Michael Lucerne with an even hand, and remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 51.88 billion Crystal Palaisians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mare Crisium. The average income tax rate is 31.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Crystal Palaisian economy, worth an astonishing 17,824 trillion solaris a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 343,577 solaris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Kindergartners' favourite dance move is the stop-drop-and-roll, thieves find battery shops juicier targets than banks, court cases mostly involve lawyers shouting questions at witnesses giving silent shrugs, and exports are stamped with "made by the invisible hand you commies". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Crystal Palais's national animal is the mantlion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Crystal Palais is ranked 43,269^th in the world and 4^th in The Heartland for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 22,533.08 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.