The Klingon Bird-of-Prey of KSN57 is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Dezec Druz with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and avant-garde cinema. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.097 billion Klingons 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 relatively small, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Oyet Shirstas. The average income tax rate is 30.4%.

The frighteningly efficient KSN57ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,203 trillion Talons 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. 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 an amazing 272,096 Talons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Prosecutors are tucked into bed by the household police officer, sniffer dogs are trained to follow clouds of fruity-smelling vapor, street crime is on the rise as police officers spend most of their time in prisons, and foreign musicians that Dezec Druz dislikes are turned away at the border. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. KSN57's national animal is the Jadashha, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Kahless.

KSN57 is ranked 6,007^th in the world and 213^th in Mikes Hope for Largest Black Market, with 1,339 trillion Standard Monetary Units.