The Jingoistic States of Kavian is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 458 million Kavi are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tesson. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.9%.

The powerhouse Kavi economy, worth 40.4 trillion Dectons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Information Technology. Average income is 88,295 Dectons, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 312,539 per year while the poor average 18,010, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend, no-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium, the state believes that children are what you make of them, and children regularly take part in blood sports that result in extreme boo-boos. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Kavian's national animal is the Shark, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Kavian is ranked 96,481^st in the world and 66^th in Lands End for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 2,489.72 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.