The Allied States of Krei is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate population of 4.224 billion Kreians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Taraquet. The average income tax rate is 75.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kreian economy, worth 655 trillion Marbles a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 155,200 Marbles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Jury duty means front row seats to a spectacular show, every spring railroad foundations erode to reveal human remains, public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers, and going on a diet invalidates your passport. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Krei's national animal is the Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Krei is ranked 7,711^th in the world and 7^th in Confederation of Corrupt Dictators for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 56.96 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.