The Most Serene Republic of Caninecia is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Her Serenity Doge Namiko with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, complete lack of prisons, and conspicuous electricity pylons. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.429 billion Caninecians 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 enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Caninecia. The average income tax rate is 72.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Caninecian economy, worth 104 trillion lire a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 72,844 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Royalist is the most offensive slur in the Caninecian language, burning twigs to keep warm while lost in the wild is now a felony, only persecuted professionals need apply for asylum, and the law is more interested in punishing crime than preventing it. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Caninecia's national animal is the Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Caninecia is ranked 23,987^th in the world and 55^th in Christians for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 3,028.38 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.