The United States of Krykalin is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Arthure Burguesse Foltonne with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.403 billion Krykalinians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Valhalla. The average income tax rate is 74.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Krykalinian economy, worth 195 trillion Vullers a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 139,022 Vullers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Krykalin Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon', droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, lobotomised jaywalkers can barely ambulate let alone repeat their offences, and retirement homes are filled with foreign war criminals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Krykalin's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is NoAfterLife.

Krykalin is ranked 159,360^th in the world and 3,082^nd in The North Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 35,867.77 Standard Monetary Units.