The Post-Rainstorm Gulley of Kappa City is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.941 billion Kappaites enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kappa City. The average income tax rate is 42.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Kappa Cityian economy, worth 115 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 59,754 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Posters on 'Kappa Cityian Values' advise against being proud of Kappa City, seafood restaurants regularly receive complaints that the food is still moving, the banshee wail foretells skies of death, and citizens know never to accept cookies from strangers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Kappa City's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kappa City is ranked 14,240^th in the world and 2^nd in Chessboard for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 9,539.47 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.