The Confederacy of Cryograd is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion and absence of drug laws. The hard-working, democratic population of 177 million Cryogradians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.4%.

The thriving Cryogradian economy, worth 14.0 trillion Coldcredits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Gambling, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 79,044 Coldcredits, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 259,695 per year while the poor average 18,040, a ratio of 14.4 to 1.

Children often leave school with more diagnoses than qualifications, little girls are in tears as Leader confiscates their pink princess ballgowns, undersea volcanoes receive strongly worded letters for violating environmental regulations, and hundreds of sailors ride the good ship Leader day after day. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Cryograd's national animal is the Ice Pegasus, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Cryograd is ranked 19,013^th in the world and 3^rd in The United Mapgame Nations for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 7,286.26 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.