The Republic of Kratoria is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Tiberius I Nero with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, complete lack of prisons, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.926 billion Kratorians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Strategopolis. The average income tax rate is 40.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Kratorian economy, worth 87.8 trillion florins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,592 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are remarkably well involved in the political process, children need to wear helmets and safety harnesses before mounting a carousel horse, the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly, and the best-of-the-best athletes have been replaced by the best-of-the-mediocre. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kratoria's national animal is the three-headed eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Kratoria is ranked 175,982^nd in the world and 288^th in Europeia for Largest Black Market, with 749 billion Standard Monetary Units.