The Principality of Ancient Keep is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 3.663 billion Ancient Keepians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The tiny, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.5%.

The thriving Ancient Keepian economy, worth 235 trillion aurum gold bars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 64,244 aurum gold bars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 218,171 per year while the poor average 13,957, a ratio of 15.6 to 1.

It is illegal to make racist remarks in public, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, and scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Ancient Keep's national animal is the grey bovina, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ancient Keep is ranked 235,739^th in the world and 1^st in Ancient Europe for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 41.43 on the Kitten Softness Rating.