The Republic of Kluz is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Czar with an iron fist, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, complete lack of prisons, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 33.234 billion Kluzians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 47.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Kluzian economy, worth a remarkable 4,321 trillion Kluz Zloties a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 130,033 Kluz Zloties, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 407,775 per year while the poor average 31,771, a ratio of 12.8 to 1.

Kluz is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, it's no longer mandatory for armless amputees to own ironic side-arms, it's been a banner year for local vexillology, and young girls and senior citizens alike can be spotted wearing colourful short shorts. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Kluz's national animal is the Asiatic Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kluz is ranked 67,783^rd in the world and 475^th in Europe for Most Developed, scoring 71.7 on the Human Development Index.