The Empire of Onder Kelkia is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Hair Broom with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 22.271 billion Onder Kelkians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Soxan. The average income tax rate is 70.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Onder Kelkian economy, worth a remarkable 2,674 trillion Kroner a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 120,071 Kroner, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Soxan Prison Revue puts on a better stage show than anything in the Theatre District, the latest Orange tablet's new peeling surface keeps the device always fresh, the military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan, and scenic tours are unheard of after most environmental laws were abolished. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Onder Kelkia's national animal is the Mute Swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Onder Kelkia is ranked 57,061^st in the world and 2,859^th in Balder for Most Cultured, scoring 70 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.