The Republic of Krill48 is a fledgling, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic population of 6 million Krill48ians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 64.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Krill48ian economy, worth 85.0 billion dfags 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, quite specialized black market in Retail, Information Technology, Pizza Delivery, and Basket Weaving. 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 14,166 dfags, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Krill48's national animal is the gfda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Krill48 is ranked 243,984^th in the world and 180^th in Lesbian for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.