The Republic of Cro42 is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its national health service, zero percent divorce rate, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 2.398 billion Cro42ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 36.9%.

The strong Cro42ian economy, worth 182 trillion lire 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 76,195 lire, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 232,761 per year while the poor average 19,333, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

The Cro42ian government is the world's largest NGO, flu research is commonly shut down for fear of creating a superbug, five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars, and citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cro42's national animal is the parrot, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Cro42 is ranked 262,525^th in the world and 134^th in Avril Lavigne Nation for Safest, scoring 23.51 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.