The Purple Kingdom of Serrine is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Grandfather Time with an iron fist, and notable for its fear of technology, ritual sacrifices, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.242 billion Serrineans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chrono. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 18.3%.

The powerhouse Serrinean economy, worth 104 trillion bones a year, is quite specialized and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Basket Weaving, and Pizza Delivery. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 84,161 bones, with the richest citizens earning 5.7 times as much as the poorest.

Senior citizens can usually be found doing heavy manual labour, the government has stated an intention to min-max its stats for 'teh pwnage', suppression of pro-democracy protests is a daily occurrence, and bris parties are all the rage. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem. Serrine's national animal is the serpent, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Violetism.

Serrine is ranked 98,139^th in the world and 2^nd in The Eye of Terror for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 2,737.76 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.