The Patroonship of Kinderhook is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by The Patroon with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical, devout population of 3.191 billion Kinderhookians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Route Nineville. The average income tax rate is 57.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Kinderhookian economy, worth 325 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. 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 an impressive 102,002 Van Burens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The sun now sets on the Kinderhookian Empire, only AIs know why the nation is rapidly increasing its semiconductor stockpile, school lunches are made with hypo-allergenic wood pulp, and the dictionary is a common first book for children. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kinderhook's national animal is the Beaver, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Kinderhook is ranked 64,462^nd in the world and 5^th in Upstate for Highest Average Incomes, with 102,002.62 Standard Monetary Units.