The Democratic Republic of SetiCrunchers is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by SetiCruncher with an iron fist, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, strictly enforced bedtime, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 42.49 billion SetiCrunchersians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of SetiCrunchers City. The average income tax rate is 98.7%.

The frighteningly efficient SetiCrunchersian economy, worth an astonishing 10,726 trillion data packets a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 252,447 data packets, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is continually probing the galaxy in search of alien life, abortion is only legal in unusual circumstances, students and teachers are regularly stopped and searched for symbols of religious affiliation before class, and Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SetiCrunchers's national animal is the radio observatory, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

SetiCrunchers is ranked 2,455^th in the world and 8^th in Canada for Most Developed, scoring 97.77 on the Human Development Index.