The Armed Republic of CR48 is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its parental licensing program, aversion to nipples, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.655 billion CR48ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 76.9%.

The frighteningly efficient CR48ian economy, worth 879 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 155,502 cards, with the richest citizens earning 7.3 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering', arthritic surgeons with tremulous fingers reassure patients that they are in safe hands, in musicals everybody's a little bit racist, and Rupert Bear is considered to be the most risqué TV programme in CR48. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. CR48's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

CR48 is ranked 50,016^th in the world and 1,768^th in Two for Highest Poor Incomes, with 52,693.84 Standard Monetary Units.