The Union of South Africa of Canovia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Staatpresident Pik Botha with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, unlimited-speed roads, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, devout population of 22.654 billion South Africans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pretoria. The average income tax rate is 84.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient South African economy, worth a remarkable 4,135 trillion South African Rand a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 182,562 South African Rand, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dancing with your first cousin is a misdemeanor, the examiners who examine examiners are being examined by examiners, out-of-work actors say they can't complain, and the delay between passed legislation and real world implementation is often a decade or longer. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Canovia's national animal is the Gazelle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Protestant.

Canovia is ranked 285,084^th in the world and 290^th in Commonwealth of Liberty for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -17.32 on the Clooney Contribution Index.