The Socialist Republic of Kavanos is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 8.765 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 87.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kavanese economy, worth a remarkable 1,721 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 196,431 KVN Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign aid is a seedy business, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, the latest guided missile cruiser "Ship-1642" has received precisely zero column inches in the press, and it's best not to ask what goes into Kalit City Fried Chicken's secret blend of herbs and spices. 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 5,899^th in the world and 131^st in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 523.16 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.