The Armed Republic of 1st Keltan Air Defense Battalion is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, frequent executions, and daily referendums. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 348 million 1st Keltan Air Defense Battalionians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 28.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient 1st Keltan Air Defense Battalionian economy, worth 12.8 trillion Shemnis a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,868 Shemnis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Only those who apply can study applied maths, stores employing more than 100 employees are required to be at least twenty miles from any competitor, Leader's perky ego is the talk of the town, and people's charity begins and ends at home. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 1st Keltan Air Defense Battalion's national animal is the Dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

1st Keltan Air Defense Battalion is ranked 249,114^th in the world and 461^st in Sophia for Nudest, with 71.75 cheeks per square mile.