The Fiefdom of West Thosel Cransconia is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Wilhelm Cransnikov with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, zero percent divorce rate, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 5.112 billion Cransconians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maxinberg. The average income tax rate is 80.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Cransconian economy, worth 753 trillion Thalers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 147,471 Thalers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

What goes down must come up, new mothers can pay for their weekly grocery shop with a bottle of breast milk, many in West Thosel Cransconia are born in the purple, and theatre may or may not be changing for the better but it is being changed for good. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West Thosel Cransconia's national animal is the Crow, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

West Thosel Cransconia is ranked 9,850^th in the world and 4^th in Kantrias for Most Patriotic, with 68.77 flags saluted per person per day.