The Kingdom of Current is a large, efficient nation, notable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 129 million Currentians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.4%.

The powerhouse Currentian economy, worth 10.9 trillion gold coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 84,156 gold coins, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

Elementary school children develop thousand-yard stares, the only way to escape lengthy prison terms is in a body bag, it's not just poseurs who wear oversized sound-cancelling headphones as they walk the city streets, and pop sensation "Jack and the Holograms" is storming the charts. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Current's national animal is the Orca, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Current is ranked 67,927^th in the world and 2^nd in Surge for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 10,232.78 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.