The Socialist Commonwealth of Kelssek is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by the Prime Minister with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 45.324 billion Kelssekians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Neorvins. The average income tax rate is 97.0%.

The all-consuming Kelssek economy, worth a remarkable 5,948 trillion thalers a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 131,250 thalers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company, unwary hikers climbing the bluffs of Mount Neorvins make great practice for foreign snipers, the running costs of homeless shelters are so high that it would be cheaper to buy houses for the homeless, and swarms of present-laden delivery drones blot out the sun before major holidays. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kelssek's national animal is the polar bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kelssek is ranked 5,958^th in the world and 169^th in The East Pacific for Safest, scoring 127 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.