The Great Republic of Khrista is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by Khristopher Nora Aquino with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 904 million Khristishes love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Centrum. The average income tax rate is 58.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Khristan economy, worth 87.3 trillion Pecunias a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,600 Pecunias, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again, ministers browse Alright! magazine for fashion tips, unstable couples are known to break up over which one gets parental leave, and faceless corporations are expected to assume parental responsibility over millions of teenagers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Khrista's national animal is the Nigerian Dwarf Goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Khrista is ranked 128,127^th in the world and 32^nd in Liberal Democratic Union for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 40,089.05 Standard Monetary Units.