The Queendom of Kyrisland is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Empress Kyris with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, keen interest in outer space, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.404 billion Kyrislandians 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, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wysterville. The average income tax rate is 93.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kyrislandian economy, worth 150 trillion Kyrians 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 led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 107,207 Kyrians, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, undergrads find their professors' mushroom experiments less psychedelic than expected, Kyrislandian watches are often the only thing to survive a disaster intact, and the cruise missile launchers on the field hospital roof are purely deterrent in purpose. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kyrisland's national animal is the Axolotl, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Kyristian.

Kyrisland is ranked 14,431^st in the world and 223^rd in The East Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 59.45 flags saluted per person per day.