The Republic of Loupmoon Cryst is a colossal, genial nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 3.194 billion Loupmoon Crystians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. 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, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 37.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Loupmoon Crystian economy, worth 198 trillion bitcoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 62,151 bitcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Toddler groups have taken over local libraries, programmers often reinvent the wheel, hostage-takers offer loyalty scheme points for prompt payment, and internet searches for the inventor of the three-wheeled steam-powered Loupmoon Crystian weed picker are way up. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Loupmoon Cryst's national animal is the bison, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Loupmoon Cryst is ranked 307,610^th in the world and 2^nd in Togetsu for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -9.7 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.