The Empire of Kennington is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Beatrice Carrington with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.964 billion Kenningtonians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rochester. The average income tax rate is 74.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Kenningtonian economy, worth 644 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Pizza Delivery, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 108,020 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Voting is compulsory, the experimental sculpture "Overtures In Dried Fox Dung" has been declared a national treasure, even the nation's brussel sprouts are delicious and nutritious, and diaper-wrapped shawarma is a fan-favorite. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kennington's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Agnosticism.

Kennington is ranked 99,359^th in the world and 801^st in the Rejected Realms for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 2,689.85 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.