The Stellar Socialist Republic of Crimson Terra is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Supreme Minister Edin Velkan with an iron fist, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, keen interest in outer space, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, cynical population of 4.907 billion Terrans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nova Prospero in the Himalayas on Terra. The average income tax rate is 89.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Terran economy, worth 487 trillion Terran credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 99,407 Terran credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Only adults may purchase violent video games, octogenarian swimsuit models insist that they've still got it, being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever, and royalist is the most offensive slur in the Terran language. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Crimson Terra's national animal is the peregrine falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Crimson Terra is ranked 20,132^nd in the world and 210^th in The Leftist Assembly for Nicest Citizens, with 22.56 average smiles per day.