The Empire of Kublam is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 13.25 billion Kublamians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rhazk. The average income tax rate is 99.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Kublamian economy, worth a remarkable 3,914 trillion Official Gold Ingots a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 295,428 Official Gold Ingots, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Billions of Official Gold Ingots are spent to take high-quality photos of the Sacred Dragon Nebula, the nation's black ops are starting to get on people's nerves, a video of Leader wearing shock-blue face paint and smashing an electric guitar in front of a frenzied crowd is on endless repeat on the nightly news, and bowling teams spend more time looking at their phones than the pins. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kublam's national animal is the Sacred Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Kublam is ranked 730^th in the world and 12^th in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 1,085.64 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.