The Incorporated States of Cruzzatos is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 587 million Cruzzatians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.4%.

The powerhouse Cruzzatosian economy, worth 57.1 trillion guilders a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 97,271 guilders, with the richest citizens earning 5.7 times as much as the poorest.

Possession of tomato seeds with intent to garden is a criminal offence, baby dolls thrown in the trash are a leading cause of panic attacks, the government has instituted 'traveller reservations' across the country, and former slave-owners hope there are no hard feelings when they apply for jobs from their erstwhile charges. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cruzzatos's national animal is the Falcon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Cruzzatos is ranked 120,563^rd in the world and 60^th in Audinesca for Highest Food Quality, scoring 19.43 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.