The Federal Republic of Krow-Bock is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by President with an even hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, triple-decker prams, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, devout population of 7.03 billion Krowians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Krow. The average income tax rate is 86.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Krow-Bockian economy, worth 596 trillion Union Bills a year, is highly specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 84,887 Union Bills, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Power stations shutting down at night has made bedtime reading tricky, former arms manufacturing CEOs are now delivering food for minimum wage, interviewees for teaching jobs are waterboarded to "reveal undesirable histories", and up to 40% of voters can finally read the issues they're deciding on. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Krow-Bock's national animal is the crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

Krow-Bock is ranked 18,745^th in the world and 1^st in Darc Arc Democratic Republic for Most Cultured, scoring 94 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.