The Despotic Kingdom of Kennicott- is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Seine Majestat Albrecht der Erste with an iron fist, and remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, anti-smoking policies, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.637 billion Himmelsvolk 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, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while Welfare and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wilhelmsburg. The average income tax rate is 98.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Himmelslichtisch economy, worth a remarkable 1,745 trillion crowns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 376,451 crowns, with the richest citizens earning 6.6 times as much as the poorest.

The National Archive now covers square miles of warehouses in order to accommodate its new stone tablets system, the nation's student exchange programs are something of a one way street, the government spends billions to protect Kennicott- from a disaster that is one in a million, and the sound of office water cooler chatter has been replaced by the whirring of computer cooling fans. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kennicott-'s national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Gottreichismus.

Kennicott- is ranked 218,347^th in the world and 186^th in The Brotherhood of Malice for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -3.54 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.