The Commonwealth of Railroad Crossing is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 428 million Travelers live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Grand Dieselton. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 41.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Traveler economy, worth 37.6 trillion Checkers a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 87,793 Checkers, with the richest citizens earning 6.2 times as much as the poorest.

A sledgehammer and a spray can are seen as the default tools of political debate, family trees become bare as entire branches are lopped off, the new cheese tax is colloquially known as "wheel welfare", and children have lost interest in toy guns in favor of toy meth lab kits. Crime is moderate. Railroad Crossing's national animal is the Station, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Railroad Crossing is ranked 33,360^th in the world and 1,348^th in The North Pacific for Most Pro-Market, scoring 69.44 on the Rand Index.