The Republic of Kluz is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Czar with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, deadly medical pandemics, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 29.145 billion Kluzians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 78.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Kluzian economy, worth a remarkable 1,683 trillion Kluz Zloties a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 57,766 Kluz Zloties, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century, government debts are financed through alchemy, photos of picturesque coastal buildings are set against a backdrop of smokestacks and ship hulls, and an internet search for the word "bland" produces pictures of Czar. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kluz's national animal is the Asiatic Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kluz is ranked 314,644^th in the world and 1,541^st in Europe for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -14.07 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.