The Glorious Ogre Khanate of Kernen is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the mighty Supreme Khan Juk i'Behemoti with an iron fist, and renowned for its parental licensing program, compulsory military service, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 24.4 billion ogres are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of the ogre city of Kernen. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 72.1%.

The frighteningly efficient an ogre economy, worth a remarkable 8,188 trillion dissenter's ears 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 amazing 335,587 dissenter's ears, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,477,024 per year while the poor average 47,861, a ratio of 30.9 to 1.

No personal detail is too tiny for the suede-denim census police, creating cardboard imitations of missiles is a new top-secret military project, disposable antiseptic wipes are considered a social necessity, and The mighty Supreme Khan Juk i'Behemoti often plays real life games of Tower Defense against hordes of angry villagers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Kernen's national animal is the Behemoth, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is the State Church of Kernen.

Kernen is ranked 13,940^th in the world and 804^th in Balder for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 1,479.85 on the Clooney Contribution Index.