The Territory of Spiirit of Cante is a huge, cultured nation, ruled by John James Johnson with an even hand, and remarkable for its restrictive gun laws. The hard-working, devout population of 937 million Cantenos are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 19.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Cantean economy, worth 56.0 trillion Canos a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Pizza Delivery, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 59,801 Canos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Genetic researchers have been expelled, prisoners have been known to host cooking and home décor television shows, Cantean watches are often the only thing to survive a disaster intact, and John James Johnson has been known to threaten dissenting citizens with a machine gun at press conferences. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cante's national animal is the Albatros.

Cante is ranked 70,949^th in the world and 1^st in Commonwealth of Spiirit for Nicest Citizens, with 15.9 average smiles per day.