The Republic of Ku-Ua is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its soft-spoken computers, free-roaming dinosaurs, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.277 billion Ku-Uans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Administration, with Education, Environment, and Industry also on the agenda, while Defense and Spirituality receive no funds. The average income tax rate is 72.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ku-Uan economy, worth 708 trillion Merits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 134,281 Merits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government pours millions of Merits into rehabilitation programs annually, people can get away with murder these days, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, and agriculture is heavily subsidized by the government. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ku-Ua's national animal is the Gryphon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ku-Ua is ranked 6,575^th in the world and 359^th in Osiris for Nicest Citizens, with 41.69 average smiles per day.