The Community of Kreisen is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ban on automobiles, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 14.341 billion Kreisenians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 41.7%.

The strong Kreisenian economy, worth 919 trillion denars a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 64,108 denars, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

Women don't report crimes to the emergency services for fear of being arrested, urban entrepreneurs are busy introducing cockroaches into restaurant kitchens, there's more hugging than talking in most talk shows, and inter-species marriages are ignored by the government. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kreisen's national animal is the dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Kreisen is ranked 267,388^th in the world and 40^th in Lennart for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -6.32 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.