The Kingdom of Kesho is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by His Lordship Marlow with an iron fist, and notable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.522 billion Keshoans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kandal. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 50.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Keshoan economy, worth 517 trillion francs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 205,301 francs, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 632,932 per year while the poor average 51,410, a ratio of 12.3 to 1.

Jaw strain is an increasingly common ailment, court cases mostly involve lawyers shouting questions at witnesses giving silent shrugs, commuters regularly break the sound barrier -- and several bones, and droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Kesho's national animal is the falcon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Kesho is ranked 17,429^th in the world and 8^th in Communitas for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 34,445.87 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.