The Dictatorship of Khong is a tiny, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 9 million Khongians 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 medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 29.4%.

The strong Khongian economy, worth 452 billion Khongen Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 50,306 Khongen Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 8.6 times as much as the poorest.

Children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces, pristine wilderness has been trashed in the quest for cheaper oil, employers may fire workers without giving any reason, and the nation is completely gun-free. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Khong's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Khong is ranked 304,664^th in the world and 3,876^th in the South Pacific for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -8 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.