The Federal Republic of Kret is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Pierre Debou with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.304 billion Kreths hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lùclyansque. The average income tax rate is 77.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Kreth economy, worth 459 trillion Kretian Cruls a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 86,584 Kretian Cruls, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has spent days debating the merits of a petition calling for a ban on sporks, radio stations offer prizes to callers who can guess this month's most endangered species, government officials sit helplessly as they are labelled 'Pompous Womples' by celebrities, and family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kret's national animal is the Hoopoe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kret is ranked 286,528^th in the world and 6,159^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -16.72 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.