The Confederacy of Kanervia is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.901 billion Kanervians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kaner City. The average income tax rate is 78.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kanervian economy, worth 674 trillion Hexes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 137,609 Hexes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The sound of wooden legs echo throughout Kanervia after the recent introduction of the Foot Tax, the government is attempting to revitalize a gutted private sector, satellite images show safe electoral constituencies in complete darkness, and Kaner City's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kanervia's national animal is the grasshopper, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kanervia is ranked 241,503^rd in the world and 2,005^th in the Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 29,173.26 Standard Monetary Units.