The Empire of Cry Nerow is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, unlimited-speed roads, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 630 million Cry Nerowians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nerowtopia. The average income tax rate is 58.0%.

The thriving Cry Nerowian economy, worth 56.7 trillion Dollars 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, fairly diversified black market in Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Tourism. 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 90,040 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Homes have been banned from having any more than one wheel, it is mandatory to learn evolution in schools, the government hopes that Federation janitors overhear all of the good gossip, and citizens applying for their first jobs face fierce competition from the homeless. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cry Nerow's national animal is the Buffalo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cry Nerow is ranked 123,258^th in the world and 2,419^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 65.49 law-abiding acts per hour.