The Republic of Keddie is a very large, cultured nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, complete lack of prisons, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 184 million Keddieans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 34.3%.

The all-consuming Keddiean economy, worth 15.0 trillion Croons a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 81,616 Croons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

Bowling teams spend more time looking at their phones than the pins, most ambassadors from Keddie retire only a few years after being appointed, the government has legalised small-scale capitalism, and students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Keddie's national animal is the Wild Haggis, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Keddie is ranked 107,881^st in the world and 137^th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 184.63 on the Clooney Contribution Index.