The Socialist Republic of Kavanos is a colossal, socially progressive nation, renowned for its frequent executions, keen interest in outer space, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, cheerful population of 8.709 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 87.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kavanese economy, worth a remarkable 1,702 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 195,470 KVN Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The newest East Lebatuckese coins have "long live East Lebatuck" on heads and "death to Kavanos" on tails, only toddlers and the elderly watch television before 23:00, it's illegal to be caught on tape, and Leader toils in solitude while relatives party on a remote tropical island. 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 2,500^th in the world and 66^th in The East Pacific for Highest Food Quality, scoring 262.3 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.