The Republic of Kivu 64 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, frequent executions, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, devout population of 4.937 billion Kivu 64ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 65.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Kivu 64ian economy, worth 363 trillion guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 73,720 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The traditional Violetist dish of stuffed sheep's head is served with an intense look of shock upon its face, no one gossips with Leader during diplomatic summits, ersatz chicken has left the nation's citizens with a bad taste in their mouths, and Kivu 64 is increasingly belligerent on the international stage. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kivu 64's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kivu 64 is ranked 70,882^nd in the world and 3,472^nd in Lazarus for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 15,321.88 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.