The Island Republic of CR Oscilloscopes is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Tomislav Callopa with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, keen interest in outer space, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 39.959 billion CR Oscilloscopesians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The minute, liberal, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of CR Oscilloscopes City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient CR Oscilloscopesian economy, worth an astonishing 11,893 trillion Tubes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Gambling. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 297,631 Tubes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

No cul-de-sac or trailer park is complete without a gambling parlor, the daily weather forecast often predicts light showers of debris, the CR Oscilloscopes City Pride Parade's head banner explains how unionizing is heteronormative, and the news of budget cuts leaves a sour taste in CR Oscilloscopesian mouths. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. CR Oscilloscopes's national animal is the Cyborg Chimp, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

CR Oscilloscopes is ranked 293,902^nd in the world and 1^st in Pacific Islands for Lowest Crime Rates, with 2.37 law-abiding acts per hour.