The Protectorate of K-9 mark II is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 27.527 billion K-9 mark IIians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 52.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish K-9 mark IIian economy, worth 499 trillion Biscuits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 18,163 Biscuits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation is ravaged by daily union strikes, the government is avowedly atheist, the K-9 is a protected species, and K-9 mark II's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. K-9 mark II's national animal is the K-9, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

K-9 mark II is ranked 132,288^th in the world and 6^th in Gallifrey for Lowest Crime Rates, with 62.51 law-abiding acts per hour.