The Free Cities of Kautas is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by First Arbiter Cael Virex with an even hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, unlimited-speed roads, and national health service. The compassionate, cheerful population of 10.185 billion Kautasians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large government prioritizes Education, although Administration, Environment, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aureaxis. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Kautasian economy, worth a remarkable 2,272 trillion Lumens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 223,103 Lumens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Businesses are abandoning the city centre because of the lack of transport connections, every workday begins with group therapy, droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, and any citizen who cries is immediately assigned a psychiatrist. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kautas's national animal is the Gargyl, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Lux Communis.

Kautas is ranked 2,785^th in the world and 1^st in Stilllight for Nicest Citizens, with 61.69 average smiles per day.