The Socialist Commonwealth of Kelssek is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Prime Minister with a fair hand, and renowned for its unlimited-speed roads, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 43.991 billion Kelssekians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Neorvins. The average income tax rate is 97.0%.

The all-consuming Kelssek economy, worth a remarkable 5,722 trillion thalers a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 130,093 thalers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has announced its plans to construct a giant weaponised robot-cat, residents of houses built on a foundation of wishful thinking are prone to an odd sinking feeling, bins outnumber trees in city parks, and Loud Patriotic Music Day has been ranked the seventh best new holiday of the year. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kelssek's national animal is the polar bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kelssek is ranked 292,354^th in the world and 5,243^rd in The East Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -25.08 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.