The Republic of Ksm is a massive, pleasant nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.091 billion Ksmians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 17.3%.

The Ksmian economy, worth 50.1 trillion deniers a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 45,901 deniers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

The government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, and scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes. Crime is moderate. Ksm's national animal is the dolphin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Ksm is ranked 200,464^th in the world and 5^th in the Hellenic Realm for Most Developed, scoring 52.84 on the Human Development Index.