The Republic of Kivu XXXXVII is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its burgeoning cobra population. The hard-nosed population of 587 million Kivu XXXXVIIians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 26.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Kivu XXXXVIIian economy, worth 20.7 trillion rubles a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 35,253 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new airport at Mr. Giles' farm is panicking his sheep, would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here", 90% of active duty KXAF personnel have been laid off and replaced by robot kill-drones, and evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kivu XXXXVII's national animal is the cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kivu XXXXVII is ranked 109,326^th in the world and 3^rd in Alvarez for Most Corrupt Governments, with 10.18 kickbacks per hour.