The Democratic Republic of Craic is a large, genial nation, notable for its public floggings and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 97 million Craicians 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 juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 46.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Craician economy, worth 4.01 trillion bronzes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 41,289 bronzes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Athletic teenagers are among the wealthiest members of society, religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, invasive drug testing is now performed at elementary school sports days, and people stand their fridges back-to-front to benefit from the free heating. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Craic's national animal is the duck, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Craic is ranked 265,695^th in the world and 3^rd in RAIDAR for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -46.23 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.