The Imperial Caninese Empire of The Canine Race is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Prime Minister Zykhza Khibakh with an iron fist, and notable for its parental licensing program, sprawling nuclear power plants, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.466 billion Canines are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Khanisia'dakida. The average income tax rate is 69.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Caninese economy, worth a remarkable 1,241 trillion Owiniman Credits a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 191,966 Owiniman Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Airport users are more worried about radiation than terrorism, the nation is infamous for its mass graves of discarded robots, 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of The Canine Race's radio stations, and it ain't easy to be green enough to be imported into The Canine Race. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Canine Race's national animal is the Canine, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is The Canine Way.

The Canine Race is ranked 261,938^th in the world and 9,742^nd in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 15.2 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.