The Democratic Republic of Eastern Katiste Rep is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. The hard-working population of 372 million Eastern Katiste Repians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 30.4%.

The strong Eastern Katiste Repian economy, worth 18.3 trillion bitcoins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. Average income is 49,093 bitcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma, the average video game can be completed over lunch break, the "boy who cried wolf" policy makes sick people reluctant to call an ambulance, and the government regrets to say that it is forced to make cuts to citizens. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eastern Katiste Rep's national animal is the tiger, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Eastern Katiste Rep is ranked 122,560^th in the world and 192^nd in Chaos land for Nicest Citizens, with 13.62 average smiles per day.