The Republic of Kanishk is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Emily Ahuja with an even hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 2.928 billion Kanishians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kapadia. The average income tax rate is 75.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kanishian economy, worth 338 trillion Kanoms a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 115,621 Kanoms, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A suspicious number of John Smiths are known to donate to Kanishian politicians, all footpaths have tollbooths, sniffer dogs check train passengers for body odour, and school nurse's offices feature full-service operating suites. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kanishk's national animal is the Kanivrae, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kanishk is ranked 4,339^th in the world and 10^th in Nordic Lands for Safest, scoring 133.12 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.