The People's Republic of Canestra is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Marshal Chloe Ulfhild with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.315 billion Canines are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spirovia. The average income tax rate is 78.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Canine economy, worth 116 trillion Treats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 88,237 Treats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Healthcare workers are flummoxed over the spike in foreign tourists with sudden-onset heart disease, all alcohol is banned, it's always rabbit season, and even the nation's brussel sprouts are delicious and nutritious. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Canestra's national animal is the Wolfdog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Marxism-Leninism-Ulfhildism.

Canestra is ranked 307,723^rd in the world and 257^th in The Communist Bloc for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 22.51 on the Bus Surprisal Index.