The Republic of Ky-1 is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its closed borders, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and irreverence towards religion. The quiet, industrious population of 21.569 billion Ky-1ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 58.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Ky-1ian economy, worth 739 trillion $$s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Soda Sales, Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 34,268 $$s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Commuters often break into synchronised para-para dancing for no reason at all, public projects are synonymous with yawn-inducing conformity, shelters struggle to keep up with the endless intake of stray animals, and families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ky-1's national animal is the Death's-head Hawkmoth, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ky-1 is ranked 214,520^th in the world and 1^st in Kyushu for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 518.15 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.