The Klingon Bird-of-Prey of KSN18 is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by J'diwrard Loss with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.005 billion Klingons are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lurkasso Faz. The average income tax rate is 71.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient KSN18ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,377 trillion Talons a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 297,035 Talons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The urban poor thumbs down the new hitchhiking ban, metal detectors have been banned after a bottle cap caused a riot at the beach, seasonal hay-fever sufferers are attending government drug counselling sessions to get free doughnuts, and people often feel unbalanced by their daily commute. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. KSN18's national animal is the Jadashha, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Kahless.

KSN18 is ranked 148,585^th in the world and 106^th in Mikes Hope for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 522.35 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.