The Empire of Korsk is a gargantuan, orderly nation, notable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 24.256 billion Korskians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 58.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Korskian economy, worth 694 trillion Goldmarks 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 Trout Farming, Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. 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 28,627 Goldmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, elections have been outlawed, and military spending recently hit a new high. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Korsk's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Korsk is ranked 9,546^th in the world and 1^st in Khador for Largest Populations, with 24.3 billion capita.