The Metropolitan Desert of Khrrck is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by its council with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, deadly medical pandemics, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 45.892 billion Wyrms hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The minute, liberal government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, with Education and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Environment and Spirituality are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Exit. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient 'Khrrck economy, worth an astonishing 10,792 trillion shards a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 235,179 shards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens living in underground cities have developed a healthy green glow, randomly bombing neighboring countries has become the new national sport, office microwaves are being replaced by firepits, and nuclear warheads are frequently launched into space as a warning to invading meteoroids. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Khrrck's national animal is the ruffled ice-snake, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is sorcery.

Khrrck is ranked 14,167^th in the world and 2^nd in Space Sector RPRA for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 8,726.1 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.