The Glittering Fury of Cretox State is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Citizen 01 with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and digital currency. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.249 billion Cretox Stateans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Impact Site C-369. The average income tax rate is 46.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cretox Statean economy, worth 136 trillion Embers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 109,237 Embers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Jokes told in elementary school often come back to haunt politicians, major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, professional athletes can't see balls amid the deluge of advertisements, and the wealthiest parts of the country receive the most government spending. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Cretox State's national animal is the Invisible Purple Narwhal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Russellian Teapotism.

Cretox State is ranked 72,717^th in the world and 3,653^rd in The North Pacific for Most Pro-Market, scoring 51.11 on the Rand Index.