The Republic of Custodian 45 is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed population of 25.554 billion Custodian 45ians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 71.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Custodian 45ian economy, worth 388 trillion Partisans a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, highly specialized black market in Cheese Exports, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 15,206 Partisans, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Custodian 45's national animal is the Partisan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Custodian 45 is ranked 109,059^th in the world and 1^st in Neo Fascists for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.8 law-abiding acts per hour.