The Sillycat Empire of Dunfelis is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Empress Kirsty with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, cultivated feral children, and lack of airports. The compassionate, devout population of 1.588 billion Dunfelisians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 78.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Dunfelisian economy, worth 188 trillion marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized black market in Retail, Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 118,601 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens living in underground cities have developed a healthy green glow, the Navy has outraged the international community by sinking a boatload of refugees to prevent them reaching the shore, the monarchy goes down the drain with a royal flush, and government buildings are being cleansed of anything that might have racist connotations. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dunfelis's national animal is the wildcat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Kirsty Cult.

Dunfelis is ranked 11,143^rd in the world and 264^th in Europe for Nicest Citizens, with 29.57 average smiles per day.