The State of Cromethius is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 19.842 billion Cromethiusians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 73.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Cromethiusian economy, worth 79.7 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 4,018 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A nation-wide cull of deer is in effect, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, military spending is on the increase, and Cromethius has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cromethius's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cromethius is ranked 37,986^th in the world and 1^st in Alhambra for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 51.96 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.