The Confederacy of The Red Cross is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Hermann Vick with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.897 billion Individuals 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 relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bern. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Red Crossian economy, worth 364 trillion Francs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 192,353 Francs, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

Anti-government web sites are springing up, most Red Crossian video games are banned in other countries, violently opinionated speakers can be heard preaching their hateful views on every street corner, and frat-house partying has become the national pastime. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Red Cross's national animal is the Cow, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Agnosticism.

The Red Cross is ranked 25,867^th in the world and 22^nd in Capitalist Paradise for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 7,052.6 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.