The Empire of CruddsDuddsAye is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, flagrant waste-dumping, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.171 billion CruddsDuddsAyeans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bone Crusher. The average income tax rate is 19.0%.

The frighteningly efficient CruddsDuddsAyean economy, worth 177 trillion Arg Bargs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 151,889 Arg Bargs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Dogman-branded weapons are all the rage in the militaristic comic-book community, it's harder to qualify for IVF than for a good university, governments opposing CruddsDuddsAye are beset by rebels, and the government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. CruddsDuddsAye's national animal is the Wet Shaking Rat, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

CruddsDuddsAye is ranked 201,212^th in the world and 111^th in Portugal for Largest Populations, with 1.17 billion capita.