The United States of Krykalin is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working population of 489 million Krykalinians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Valhalla. The average income tax rate is 44.3%.

The all-consuming Krykalinian economy, worth 53.8 trillion Vullers a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 110,043 Vullers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Gardeners must genetically test weeds for unique traits before digging them up, graverobbers claim they're acting within the interest of 'scientific preservation', women complaining about lack of opportunity are told to "man up", and the nation faces constant invasions by foreign boy bands. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Krykalin's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Krykalin is ranked 43,703^rd in the world and 1,387^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 4,863.46 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.