The Republic of Kelipnia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Malcolm Inez Lucas with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, sprawling nuclear power plants, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 1.571 billion Kelipnians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kurcross Du Luceminstead. The average income tax rate is 60.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kelipnian economy, worth 165 trillion Kepings a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Automobile Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 105,149 Kepings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Feeling like a winner comes at a price, pocket calculators are seen as status symbols for the ostentatiously wealthy, crossword puzzles have been co-opted as a symbol of racial discrimination, and Malcolm Inez Lucas's used car is held together by bumper stickers that support the opposition. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kelipnia's national animal is the Antelope, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Secularism.

Kelipnia is ranked 31,242^nd in the world and 109^th in Forest for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 213.99 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.