The Socialist Republic of Kavanos is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Daihai with an even hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, otherworldly petting zoo, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 13.502 billion Kavaneses are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kalit City. The average income tax rate is 82.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kavanese economy, worth a remarkable 2,773 trillion KVN Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 205,429 KVN Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Subsistence farmers require doctorates in applied sowing, mountain rescue missions can end with more people lost than found, no one questions why the chicken crossed the road anymore, and moles make up an incredible part of the upper crust. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Kavanos's national animal is the firefox, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Confucianism.

Kavanos is ranked 2,316^th in the world and 47^th in The East Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 243 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.