The Republic of Kroken is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Arne with an iron fist, and renowned for its smutty television, compulsory military service, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cynical, humorless population of 18.25 billion Krokenians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Neslandsvatn. The average income tax rate is 44.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Krokenian economy, worth a remarkable 4,861 trillion Trilqis a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 266,360 Trilqis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Customs officials often double as wedding officiants, government reports are now used to teach toddlers to read, treason is relative, and death compensation has some family members fearing to pay back others' debt they may be disappearing. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kroken's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kroken is ranked 3,051^st in the world and 155^th in The North Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 3,018.06 pounds of wildlife per square mile.