The Commonwealth of Ekiwi is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Yahlia with an even hand, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The quiet, industrious population of 12.637 billion Kiwis are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wellington. The average income tax rate is 51.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Kiwi economy, worth 116 trillion Kiwi Dollars 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 slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Tourism, Book Publishing, 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 9,216 Kiwi Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, Ekiwi has designated Wellington as its capital city, and Yahlia has just been declared ruler of Ekiwi in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ekiwi's national animal is the Kiwi Bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ekiwi is ranked 82,847^th in the world and 775^th in Europe for Lowest Crime Rates, with 68.12 law-abiding acts per hour.