The Reformist Military Republic of Serkin is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Commander Manuel Carvajal with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and parental licensing program. The cynical, devout population of 1.364 billion Serkinians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Golden Rose City. The average income tax rate is 91.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Serkinian economy, worth 194 trillion Serkinoes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 142,549 Serkinoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Almost all of the nation's water is piped into the country from abroad for exorbitant prices, it's never "just a game" with Serkinian sports fans, relations with Dàguó have warmed from frosty to chilly, and farmers have taken to hunting billionaires who encroach on their land. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Serkin's national animal is the Spanish Coyote, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Serkin is ranked 237,489^th in the world and 8,180^th in The East Pacific for Largest Retail Industry, scoring -18.28 on the Shrinkwrap Consignment Productivity Index.