The Armed Republic of Kladnov is a large, pleasant nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 50 million Kladnovians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The tiny government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, although Law & Order, Administration, and Education are also considered important, while International Aid and Environment receive no funds. The average income tax rate is 9.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Kladnovian economy, worth 3.91 trillion Kladinas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Gambling, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 78,212 Kladinas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Tax assessment offices double as polling stations, a rolling news ticker tape of disclaimers runs across the bottom of the screen on all TV shows, the nation's orphanages and maternity wards have been nicknamed 'the Killbot Factories', and foreign leaders' Twitcher accounts are monitored for potential threats to national security. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Kladnov's national animal is the Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Kladnov is ranked 159,315^th in the world and 48^th in Waifu for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 61.74 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.