The Republic of K 2 is a very large, efficient nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, enslaved workforce, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 204 million K 2ians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.9%.

The frighteningly efficient K 2ian economy, worth 16.5 trillion candy cane gold bars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 80,789 candy cane gold bars, with the richest citizens earning 9.2 times as much as the poorest.

Racial and religious segregation has become rife as the various groups are loath to mingle, the only crimes that get investigated are doughnut heists, street preachers sell salvation with a side order of shame on every corner, and K 2 is notorious for its citizens' infidelity. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. K 2's national animal is the bat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

K 2 is ranked 63,028^th in the world and 5^th in Freyaria for Most Developed, scoring 73.47 on the Human Development Index.