The Ever Knowledgeable Kingdom of Kruiven is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by King Kruiven with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, democratic population of 15.09 billion Kruivenians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kruivenapolis. The average income tax rate is 99.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Kruivenian economy, worth a remarkable 2,815 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 186,601 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new national mascot has to be wheeled onto the field of play, school cafeterias serve nothing but protein powder and vitamin supplements, one complaint of Kruiven's new periodic table is it's easy to confuse fearlessleaderium with gloriousleaderium, and the nation's war memorials are being torn down and replaced with peace gardens. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kruiven's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kruiven is ranked 39,782^nd in the world and 3^rd in League Of Allied Powers for Most Patriotic, with 32.43 flags saluted per person per day.