The Republic of Kluz is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Czar with an iron fist, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, enslaved workforce, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 33.138 billion Kluzians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Social Policy and Public Transport aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 51.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Kluzian economy, worth a remarkable 4,073 trillion Kluz Zloties a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Tourism. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 122,933 Kluz Zloties, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 398,589 per year while the poor average 28,609, a ratio of 13.9 to 1.

Thalassophobia and heliophobia are on the rise, the freedom to be free is always just out of reach, the government is flooded with compensation requests, and people hearing voices that tell them to commit crimes are automatically assumed to be holy. Crime, especially youth-related, is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Kluz's national animal is the Asiatic Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Kluz is ranked 166,987^th in the world and 684^th in Europe for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 1,348.39 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.