The Republic of Kanashia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Mark Corkum with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.88 billion Kanashians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kansha City. The average income tax rate is 70.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kanashian economy, worth 316 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 109,732 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's only university is the School of Hard Knocks, children's toy tractors have been seized as state property, airplane passengers who purchase "basic economy" tickets are often assigned seats in the lavatory, and school teachers check the staff room for hidden webcams before complaining about rebellious students. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kanashia's national animal is the Stitch, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Jediism.

Kanashia is ranked 18,943^rd in the world and 6^th in Anegana for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 8,542.21 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.