The Patroonship of Kinderhook is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by The Patroon with an even hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, frequent executions, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, devout population of 2.524 billion Kinderhookians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic government prioritizes Defense, with Administration, Healthcare, and Industry also on the agenda, while International Aid isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Route Nineville. The average income tax rate is 39.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Kinderhookian economy, worth 246 trillion Van Burens 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 a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. 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 97,665 Van Burens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

The "temporary replacement bus service" is now a permanent fixture, anti-vaxxers claim that injected children are prone to psychotic breaks when they see the 'Queen of Diamonds' playing card, K-SPAN viewership drops as MPs act their age, and the saying 'break a leg' is now taken literally. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kinderhook's national animal is the Beaver, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Kinderhook is ranked 94,083^rd in the world and 8^th in Upstate for Largest Information Technology Sector, scoring 5,541.24 on the Fann-Boi Productivity Index.