The Order of Kranko is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Bensler Caesar with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, ubiquitous missile silos, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.234 billion Kranks are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Drefon. The average income tax rate is 78.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Krankoan economy, worth 291 trillion Krankengelds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 130,270 Krankengelds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A baby's first breath is also a baby's first felony, hordes of gardening enthusiasts are being banished from cities nationwide, veterans in wheelchairs are left waist-deep in rice paddies to gather grain, and arts classes now teach children how to sketch the perfect sine curve. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kranko's national animal is the Krankoan Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Krankoan Gnosticism.

Kranko is ranked 280,451^st in the world and 11^th in The Finntopian Region of DOOM for Fattest Citizens, with 6.2 Obesity Rate.