The Free Land of Khasamenteph is a large, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, restrictive gun laws, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 153 million Mentes are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 60.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Mentephian economy, worth 3.37 trillion Infenos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 22,012 Infenos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Political visitors are forced to stop ten paces from Leader's throne, claiming it smells like rain can land you in a storm of trouble, the studies of art and philosophy are banned, and endangered species are effective hostages against the Mentephian military. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Khasamenteph's national animal is the Phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Khasamenteph is ranked 278,545^th in the world and 6^th in Nihungopatra for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 37.37 on the Kitten Softness Rating.