The Empire of Kirkwasright is a tiny, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 9 million Kirkwasrightians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.6%.

The very strong Kirkwasrightian economy, worth 505 billion esssentials a year, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Pizza Delivery, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 56,136 esssentials, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 166,358 per year while the poor average 14,871, a ratio of 11.2 to 1.

Euthanasia is legal, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, the country is governed by a clique of political insiders known colloquially as The Establishment, and it is illegal to make racist remarks in public. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kirkwasright's national animal is the dollar, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Kirkwasright is ranked 265,174^th in the world and 74^th in Ensio for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.86 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.