The Dictatorship of Krux state is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Karl Heinz with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and compulsory military service. The quiet, industrious population of 3.453 billion Kruxians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kingstown. The average income tax rate is 75.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kruxian economy, worth 411 trillion Marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 119,136 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, the easiest method of escaping from prison is to take singing lessons, bread-gangs raid restaurant waste bins to stockpile uneaten rolls, and the best fashion comes straight to the high street from sweatshops all across the globe. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Krux state's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Catholic.

Krux state is ranked 22,825^th in the world and 266^th in 10000 Islands for Safest, scoring 112.45 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.