The Second Empire of Kiermark is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by High King Kieran III Alarik with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, unlimited-speed roads, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 31.316 billion Kierics are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kierstadt. The average income tax rate is 85.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kieric economy, worth a remarkable 7,139 trillion Reichsmarks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 227,990 Reichsmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property, the 'Museum Of Stuff We Stole' is a tourist favourite, toy versions of heroin paraphernalia let kids pretend to be their favourite TV characters, and Kieric police have to pay out of their own pockets for bulletproof vests. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kiermark's national animal is the Direwolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Kieric Orthodoxy.

Kiermark is ranked 76,836^th in the world and 17^th in One big Island for Highest Drug Use, scoring 79.4 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.