The Regulated Oligarchy of Kancorde is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Marian DeNarcus and Friends with an iron fist, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, ban on automobiles, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.785 billion Kanits are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Islet. The average income tax rate is 51.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Kanite economy, worth 449 trillion Porouses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 93,847 Porouses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Workers of "fairweather faith" claim six months of paid leave for holy days per year, Scrabble champions have been left scrambling for scraps, the team in charge of creating a new writing system have spent months deciding whether or not to use serif or sans-serif characters, and cases of disease among the civilian population dwindle as civilian population dwindles. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kancorde's national animal is the Peep Warbler, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Borocian.

Kancorde is ranked 35,985^th in the world and 1,447^th in Balder for Largest Black Market, with 39.8 trillion Standard Monetary Units.