The Empire of Cry Nerow is a huge, safe nation, notable for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 324 million Cry Nerowians 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 large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nerowtopia. The average income tax rate is 64.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Cry Nerowian economy, worth 18.7 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 57,667 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Toddlers are wielding machine guns in the name of national defense, quiet professionalism has returned to the nation's armed forces, the country has been 'going shopping' by annexing nearby nations for their resources, and anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cry Nerow's national animal is the Buffalo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cry Nerow is ranked 108,796^th in the world and 1,928^th in The North Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring -19.49 on the Scary Big Number Scale.