The Delightful Republic of Canditia is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Carol Swisper with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.958 billion Canditians 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 Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Licorice. The average income tax rate is 42.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Canditian economy, worth 745 trillion Candies a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 125,042 Candies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Airplane passenger seat sizes and ticket prices are both first-class, criminals identify as innocent, seafood restaurants regularly receive complaints that the food is still moving, and artists from across the nation compete to renovate the restrooms of old government buildings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Canditia's national animal is the Sylveon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Canditia is ranked 274,637^th in the world and 85^th in Declansburg for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 23.41 on the Bus Surprisal Index.