The Empire of Kyrek is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Drek Jayron with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, prohibition of alcohol, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 7.136 billion Kyrekians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order and Administration are also considered important, while Social Policy and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Odeka. The average income tax rate is 75.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Kyrekian economy, worth a remarkable 1,090 trillion Krodrevs 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. 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 an impressive 152,755 Krodrevs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Veterans in wheelchairs are left waist-deep in rice paddies to gather grain, the police insist that racism does not exist, friendly fire incidents usually result in severe burns, and visitors to Self-Sufficiency National Park who ask for trail maps are handed a pen and a blank sheet of paper. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kyrek's national animal is the Arctic Python, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is None.

Kyrek is ranked 260,755^th in the world and 32^nd in The Southern Lands for Safest, scoring 24.48 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.