The Socialist Commonwealth of Kelssek is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by the Prime Minister with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 45.506 billion Kelssekians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Neorvins. The average income tax rate is 97.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Kelssek economy, worth a remarkable 5,974 trillion thalers a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 131,279 thalers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company, unwary hikers climbing the bluffs of Mount Neorvins make great practice for foreign snipers, the running costs of homeless shelters are so high that it would be cheaper to buy houses for the homeless, and swarms of present-laden delivery drones blot out the sun before major holidays. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kelssek's national animal is the polar bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kelssek is ranked 327,878^th in the world and 4,936^th in The East Pacific for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring -25.77 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.