The Democratic Republic of Kairood is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Nicholas Andrew Kendra with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, ubiquitous missile silos, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 8.198 billion Kairoodians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Linville. The average income tax rate is 77.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kairoodian economy, worth a remarkable 1,386 trillion Kairoes 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. 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 169,165 Kairoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Parents who try to organize playdates for their kids have police drop through their ceilings, the government throws money at problems when in a jam, schoolchildren on field trips are asked what torture means to them, and the government is hounded to provide tissues whenever the feelings of the Dàguó people are hurt. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kairood's national animal is the Capybara, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is None.

Kairood is ranked 15,081^st in the world and 7^th in Federation Of Sovereign States for Most Corrupt Governments, with 128 kickbacks per hour.