The Republic of Winter Cultist 43 is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 6.92 billion Winter Cultist 43ians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 41.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Winter Cultist 43ian economy, worth 246 trillion lire a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is 35,663 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Winter Cultist 43's national animal is the turtle.

Winter Cultist 43 is ranked 83,765^th in the world and 1^st in R0me for Lowest Crime Rates, with 68 law-abiding acts per hour.