The Federation of The Kerbal United Republic is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Chief Representative Dick Kerman with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.815 billion Kerbals hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Endless City. The average income tax rate is 66.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Republican economy, worth 178 trillion Petro-Reais a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. Average income is 98,454 Petro-Reais, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is using tax revenues to provide jobs for the poor, kindergartners' favourite dance move is the stop-drop-and-roll, footballers are doing aerobics in the sauna to build their hot weather endurance, and lifelong celibates are surprised to receive government-issue condoms in the post. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Kerbal United Republic's national animal is the Squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Incretism.

The Kerbal United Republic is ranked 143,405^th in the world and 3,406^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 565.24 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.