The Republic of Kairood is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Nicholas Andrew Kendra with an iron fist, and notable for its parental licensing program, avant-garde cinema, and smutty television. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 8.608 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Linville. The average income tax rate is 80.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kairoodian economy, worth a remarkable 1,427 trillion Kairoes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 165,781 Kairoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The child of a rich parent flip-flops between decadence and poverty, airport users are more worried about radiation than terrorism, the politician's labor union forces stage names upon candidates, and the tax agency is feared more than serial killers and terrorists. 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 182,732^nd in the world and 272^nd in Federation Of Sovereign States for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 70.87 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.