The Commonwealth of Kaniconda is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Eries Kaniconda with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The quiet, industrious population of 9.563 billion Kanicondans 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Destiny. The average income tax rate is 13.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Kanicondan economy, worth 680 trillion Kanis a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 71,133 Kanis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones, machine-peeled candied grapes come in individual packaging for the busy commuter, the nation's war memorials are being torn down and replaced with peace gardens, and tax-payers are funding ever more extravagant movie projects. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kaniconda's national animal is the Puffin, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

Kaniconda is ranked 31,291^st in the world and 2^nd in Krasnaya for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 5,270.1 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.