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The Empire of Kryosis is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by He Whose Name Is Awesome with an iron fist, and notable for its suspicion of poets. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 7.251 billion 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."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Social Welfare and Social Equality receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 100%. A large private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Membership in the state-owned Church of Kryosis is mandatory and all other faith organisations are banned, dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws, space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space, and women who display their ankles are shunned by society. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Kryosis's national animal is the Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is a major religion, and its currency is the Kryosi Nyxx.

Kryosis is ranked 10th in the region and 2,156th in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.