The Principality of Kernev is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Morwenna Pascoe with an iron fist, and notable for its burgeoning chough population. The compassionate, cynical population of 7.951 billion Kerneveans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Truru. The average income tax rate is 27.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Kernevic economy, worth 309 trillion tin pieces a year, is led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 38,867 tin pieces, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Morwenna Pascoe has just been declared ruler of Kernev in an international press conference, Kernev has designated Truru as its capital city, and Druidism has been named as Kernev's national religion. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kernev's national animal is the chough, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Druidism.

Kernev is ranked 72,031^st in the world and 113^th in The League for Nicest Citizens, with 15.9 average smiles per day.