The Small Yellow Sign of Railroad Crossing is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Lokomotiv with an even hand, and notable for its enslaved workforce, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless, devout population of 2.684 billion Choo-Choos have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Grand Dieselton. The average income tax rate is 66.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Choo-Choo economy, worth 317 trillion Checkers a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 118,245 Checkers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Stores employing more than 100 employees are required to be at least twenty miles from any competitor, gift baskets often contain working nukes, the nation's prisons are touted as the best weight loss programs money can't buy, and the jackhammer is considered a tool of artistic criticism. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Railroad Crossing's national animal is the Train, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Ticketism.

Railroad Crossing is ranked 141,616^th in the world and 5,378^th in The North Pacific for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 691.11 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.