The New Cruor Federation of Independicia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Avakael with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, devout population of 23.1 billion Independicians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chalice of Liberty. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.6%.

The very strong Independician economy, worth a remarkable 1,398 trillion Halicarnassuses 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, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. 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 60,556 Halicarnassuses, with the richest citizens earning 5.7 times as much as the poorest.

Judicial robes are the country's hottest fashion trend, the standardised national curriculum requires that all-male classes be taught why they have periods, spoiler warnings are now given out before political speeches, and returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Independicia's national animal is the White Phoenix, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Cruor.

Independicia is ranked 85,370^th in the world and 509^th in Ordo Imperialia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 67.81 law-abiding acts per hour.