The Republic of KR Block is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.657 billion KR Blockians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.5%.

The very strong KR Blockian economy, worth 158 trillion Jacobs a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is 59,612 Jacobs, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 192,310 per year while the poor average 13,976, a ratio of 13.8 to 1.

Saying that someone looks a bit pale can be construed as hate speech, getting a haircut is a punishable offence, street crime is on the rise as police officers spend most of their time in prisons, and the government is full of esquivalience. Crime is a problem. KR Block's national animal is the Emerald Ash-Borer.

KR Block is ranked 106,582^nd in the world and 2^nd in Rartlands for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 3,134.78 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.