The Democratic Republic of Croshov Union is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Patrick Hynes with an even hand, and renowned for its aversion to nipples, punitive income tax rates, and complete absence of social welfare. The compassionate, devout population of 7.722 billion Croshovians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Murdock. The average income tax rate is 67.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Croshov Unionian economy, worth 982 trillion Marks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 127,180 Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion, the government prefers to kill off its enemies by peaceful means, naturists are jailed regularly for indecent exposure, and oil executives can be seen reluctantly cleaning oil-soaked birds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Croshov Union's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Croshov Union is ranked 10,786^th in the world and 536^th in Balder for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 12,452.08 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.