The Empire of Kirkockastan is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.7 billion Kirkockastanians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kirkockalopolis. The average income tax rate is 58.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Kirkockastanian economy, worth 194 trillion Marks a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 52,672 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Leader has just been declared ruler of Kirkockastan in an international press conference, whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company, the hardest thing for a mining operation to dig through is government red tape, and no one is worried about government policies any more. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kirkockastan's national animal is the Parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Kirkockastan is ranked 100,310^th in the world and 1,835^th in the Pacific for Safest, scoring 81.72 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.