The Free Land of Crested Taos Bua Colfax is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Frank Call with an even hand, and renowned for its public floggings, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.429 billion Mountaineers enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rambutan. The average income tax rate is 67.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Crested Taos Bua Colfaxian economy, worth 231 trillion meilans a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 52,355 meilans, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many marriages go virtually unconsummated, the mining industry has taken a hit from tighter environmental regulations, physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques, and the fire brigade often deal with cases of burnt toast. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Crested Taos Bua Colfax's national animal is the otter, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Crested Taos Bua Colfax is ranked 90,865^th in the world and 2^nd in Tuscagora for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,732.19 on the Gilded Widget Scale.