The Crown-Republic of Great-Desolates is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Crown Minister with an even hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, public floggings, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 4.179 billion Desolates 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vienna. The average income tax rate is 51.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Desolate economy, worth 760 trillion Crown Sterlings a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 181,954 Crown Sterlings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Vats of anabolic steroids are being dumped into the ocean to make Desolate mussels the biggest in Europeia, former arsonists can be found on local fire brigades, employers are never quite sure if graduates' qualifications have any merit or meaning, and Crown Minister has killer fashion sense. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Great-Desolates's national animal is the St Duo Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Heavens.

Great-Desolates is ranked 96,226^th in the world and 394^th in Europeia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,993.99 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.