The Commonwealth of The Khunk Islands is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by King Vander II with an even hand, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cheerful population of 5.032 billion Khunks are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Halberd Port. The average income tax rate is 79.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Khunkian economy, worth 568 trillion Commonwealth Crowns a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 113,023 Commonwealth Crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites, ancient antique swords have had their blades replaced with latex boffer LARP replicas, shoppers carry protractors to verify their produce, and government ministers are regularly seen in the streets confessing their sins and hammering missiles into plow-shares. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Khunk Islands's national animal is the dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Caletiprism.

The Khunk Islands is ranked 136,388^th in the world and 36^th in The Union of Democratic States for Largest Populations, with 5.03 billion capita.