The Dominion of Crystal Palais is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Michael Lucerne with an even hand, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, sprawling nuclear power plants, and hatred of cheese. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 33.712 billion Crystal Palaisians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mare Crisium. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Crystal Palaisian economy, worth an astonishing 11,118 trillion solaris a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 329,816 solaris, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Cheap textbooks have replaced coasters at college ragers, there's a hole in the heart of every Crystal Palaisian city, cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates, and court verdicts are predictable to within a hundredth of a percentage point. Crime is totally unknown. Crystal Palais's national animal is the mantlion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Crystal Palais is ranked 1,948^th in the world and 1^st in The Heartland for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 10,895.74 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.