The All-Powerful Rogue Nation of Krematoria is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Basildon Lord of the Provinces with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, pith helmet sales, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 27.904 billion Krematorians 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 is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Industry also on the agenda, while Environment and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Garrotte-Under-Pressure. The average income tax rate is 54.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Krematorian economy, worth an astonishing 14,554 trillion Marbles a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is a breathtaking 521,574 Marbles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Cheap and tasteless vegetables flood the markets, the police force is rumoured to be made up of evil shadows with no souls, the government's religious works are headed by a New Age guru, and the nation is experiencing a severe shortage of sporting events. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Krematoria's national animal is the Tapeworm, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Path to Possible Enlightenment.

Krematoria is ranked 345,656^th in the world and 3^rd in Penny Lane for Smartest Citizens, with 0.2 quips per hour.