The Republic of Kefkalia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Jenny with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 27.717 billion Kefkalians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vanwell. The average income tax rate is 93.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kefkalian economy, worth a remarkable 8,923 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 321,964 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A popular saying is "a chicken for every pot and an abortion clinic on every street", news headlines suggest that Jenny has a sideline in guinea pig pimping, space shuttles are lying silent on the runway till the Space Agency can work out how to fit a creche and a meditation room into their next spacecraft, and engineers ask liberal arts majors "Do you want fries with that?". Crime is totally unknown. Kefkalia's national animal is the shadowlurk, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Varianism.

Kefkalia is ranked 2,831^st in the world and 42^nd in 10000 Islands for Lowest Crime Rates, with 132.5 law-abiding acts per hour.