The Nationstates Blue Holy of The Crusader Kings is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Elector Count Demetrian with an iron fist, and renowned for its fear of technology, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical, devout population of 1.659 billion Crusaders 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nova Jerusalem. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23.9%.

The powerhouse Crusader economy, worth 193 trillion Gold Bars 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. 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 an impressive 116,853 Gold Bars, with the richest citizens earning 7.8 times as much as the poorest.

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The Crusader Kings is ranked 56,889^th in the world and 5^th in The Mood for Most Developed, scoring 75.44 on the Human Development Index.