The Confederacy of Kushmire is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Frederick S S Baldwin with an iron fist, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.324 billion Kushmireans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Barricus. The average income tax rate is 41.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Kushmirean economy, worth 50.8 trillion Miras a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 38,338 Miras, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A suspicious number of John Smiths are known to donate to Kushmirean politicians, bus shelters seem to be designed to let rain in, the country has been 'going shopping' by annexing nearby nations for their resources, and motorcycle riders are required to wear so much gear they've been nicknamed "Stay Pufts". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kushmire's national animal is the Blood Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cult of Cathos.

Kushmire is ranked 57,706^th in the world and 9^th in The Celestial Empire for Safest, scoring 100.97 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.