The Republic of Kuliar is a tiny, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 9 million Kuliarians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 67.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Kuliarian economy, worth 185 billion Dors a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is 20,633 Dors, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Collisions between bicycles and carnival floats are on the rise, decades-serving politicians are now both out of touch and out of time, travelers are subject to extensive searches if beet stains are visible on their clothing, and the Kuliar Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kuliar's national animal is the Mandrake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kuliar is ranked 106,703^rd in the world and 28^th in Refugia for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 33.39 on the Bus Surprisal Index.