The Commonwealth of Kronmark is a mid-sized, cultured nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 62 million Kronmarkians 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, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 75.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Kronmarkian economy, worth 1.64 trillion Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 26,384 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Department of Reduction of Bureaucratic Red Tape has set up a working committee to investigate its own excessive paperwork, taking hostages is a great way to influence government policy, the government records billions of hours of footage of trees, and a video of Leader wearing shock-blue face paint and smashing an electric guitar in front of a frenzied crowd is on endless repeat on the nightly news. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kronmark's national animal is the Wolf, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Kronmark is ranked 262,601^st in the world and 230^th in Squeaky Squeakers for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 39.43 on the Kitten Softness Rating.