The Republic of Crown 13 is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, ubiquitous missile silos, and infamous sell-swords. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 6.878 billion Crown 13ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 68.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Crown 13ian economy, worth 446 trillion salts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 64,908 salts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The nation has nearly as many history museums as Crown 13ians, the country's population is reported with a margin of error of several billions, kids looking for shark teeth have become ancient history, and all industry is owned and run by the government. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Crown 13's national animal is the llama, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Crown 13 is ranked 54,743^rd in the world and 3,136^th in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,595.04 on the Gilded Widget Scale.