The Endless Kakistocracy of Basementees is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Oðinnshrafn Khagan Numerian VI Drake with an even hand, and notable for its teetotalling pirates, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 27.534 billion Thu'uls are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carthago Nova. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient K't Hu'ul economy, worth an astonishing 20,509 trillion Runcibles 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, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, 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 a breathtaking 744,886 Runcibles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign policy often involves bullwhips and leather, escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky, nations across the world are quick to praise Oðinnshrafn Khagan Numerian VI Drake's good looks and intellectual prowess, and popular sunny beaches always have a cloudy outlook. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Basementees's national animal is the Ursine Phoenix, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Nahuatl.

Basementees is ranked 209^th in the world and 1^st in Pax Britannia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 244.87 law-abiding acts per hour.