The FifthEmpire Military General of Ketol is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 17.272 billion Ketolians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 56.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Ketolian economy, worth 424 trillion Nitrogenous Substanceses a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Retail, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 24,594 Nitrogenous Substanceses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Organ donation rates have hit a new low, elections have been outlawed, punitive tariffs protect local industry, and Ketol's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ketol's national animal is the Indol, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ketol is ranked 203,770^th in the world and 35^th in Fifth Empire for Nicest Citizens, with 9.76 average smiles per day.