The Free Republic of Natkr is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by President Richard Graet with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 3.947 billion Natkrians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Skyhold. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28.6%.

The Natkrian economy, worth 278 trillion deniers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 70,492 deniers, with the richest citizens earning 7.7 times as much as the poorest.

The "temporary replacement bus service" is now a permanent fixture, all artwork is carefully screened for offensive material, minorities play dumb to get more welfare payments, and airship use has soared while property values beneath their routes have plummeted. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Natkr's national animal is the bison, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Christianity.

Natkr is ranked 159,099^th in the world and 16^th in Timoria for Lowest Crime Rates, with 60.19 law-abiding acts per hour.