The United States of Krykalin is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, otherworldly petting zoo, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, hard-working population of 467 million Krykalinians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Valhalla. The average income tax rate is 43.7%.

The all-consuming Krykalinian economy, worth 51.5 trillion Vullers a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 110,203 Vullers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Gossip magazines have pictures of Leader sunbathing on the beach with political rivals, restaurants are required to specify whether their toilet paper was made in Krykalin, conscripts often volunteer for a second tour of duty so they can get a ticket to next year's Army Revue, and clergy who start talking about politics are forced to take a holy vow of silence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Krykalin's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Krykalin is ranked 29,876^th in the world and 835^th in The North Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 62,044.64 Standard Monetary Units.