The Putative Oligarchy of Kerchh is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by the Merchant Council with an iron fist, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, vat-grown people, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 6.093 billion Kerches are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Education, Healthcare, and Industry also on the agenda, while Welfare and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ketterdam. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Kerchhian economy, worth 721 trillion Kruges a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 118,407 Kruges, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 781,211 per year while the poor average 6,951, a ratio of 112 to 1.

Conflicted Kerchhian mamas cry 'cause - if there's one thing they don't need - it's another hungry mouth to feed, epileptic patients switch their medications to whichever has a 'buy one get one free' offer, the navy's new flotilla is gonna be a thrilla, and enemy agents often find themselves caught in a bind. Crime is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Kerchh's national animal is the Three Flying Fish, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Ghezen.

Kerchh is ranked 5,570^th in the world and 4^th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 112,132.27 Standard Monetary Units.