The Federation of Kerlodia is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 344 million Kerlodi are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Citaiti Dei Kerlodia. The average income tax rate is 72.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Kerlodi economy, worth 8.14 trillion Bautista Sovereign Killis a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 23,649 Bautista Sovereign Killis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, drug lords often avoid prison time by teaching "chemistry" classes to underprivileged youth, libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars, and future forecasters fearfully discuss grey goo and human obsolescence. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kerlodia's national animal is the Jackal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kerlodia is ranked 132,751^st in the world and 5,881^st in the South Pacific for Largest Agricultural Sector, scoring -4.8 on the Mu-Bah-Daggs Productivity Index.