The Socialist Republic of Kavanos is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 8.607 billion Kavaneses are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kalit City. The average income tax rate is 86.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kavanese economy, worth a remarkable 1,669 trillion KVN Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 193,996 KVN Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Kavanese Arts Council pays teenagers to sit through opera performances, Leader can often be seen hanging around playgrounds chatting with the kids, criminal rehabilitation takes place in re-education centers, and private pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are given away freely by the government. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Kavanos's national animal is the firefox, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Confucianism.

Kavanos is ranked 7,362^nd in the world and 187^th in The East Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 107.35 law-abiding acts per hour.