The People's Republic of Crestsa is a massive, safe nation, ruled by President Daniel Valdés with an even hand, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, frequent executions, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 1.558 billion Crestsans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed, including voting. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Greyhaven. The average income tax rate is 46.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Crestsan economy, worth 143 trillion Novans a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 92,228 Novans, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's latest batch of politicians include internet comedians, an alleged serial killer, and a highly trained horse, it is cheaper to die in the wilderness than to survive, Jack Russells have proven to be terrible spies, and both criminals and civilians are DOA. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Crestsa's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is psastafirsm.

Crestsa is ranked 50,366^th in the world and 318^th in the Plains of Perdition for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 48.04 on the Kitten Softness Rating.