The Empire of Ketol Protector 1 is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 6.307 billion Ketol Protector 1ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 38.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Ketol Protector 1ian economy, worth 220 trillion Nitrogenous Substanceses a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,961 Nitrogenous Substanceses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ketol Protector 1's national animal is the Indol, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ketol Protector 1 is ranked 206,234^th in the world and 1^st in Arallu for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 52.92 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.