The Republic of Republiqueducroissant is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Maitre Croissant with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, ban on automobiles, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 3.447 billion Croissantois enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Métropole du Grand Croissant. The average income tax rate is 79.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Croissantois economy, worth 339 trillion Dollar croissantiens a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 98,606 Dollar croissantiens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Forestry Department has decided you really can't fight fire with fire, visiting the best Croissantois restaurants requires keeping a visa on file, almost all of the nation's water is piped into the country from abroad for exorbitant prices, and running away is an essential part of the elite forces' hand-to-hand training. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Republiqueducroissant's national animal is the Lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Croissantisme.

Republiqueducroissant is ranked 35,961^st in the world and 1,077^th in The North Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 5,065.5 on the Gilded Widget Scale.