The People's Republic of Kaplea is a massive, safe nation, ruled by General Secretary Kaedus with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.764 billion Kapleans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kaedburg. The average income tax rate is 94.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Kaplean economy, worth 342 trillion Kalvs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 124,011 Kalvs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The breathalyser pledge is a traditional part of marriages in Kaplea, rural communities are all but disenfranchised as politicians focus all their attention on winning the deciding urban votes, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, and the media seems excessively interested in what General Secretary Kaedus is wearing this season. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kaplea's national animal is the Catboy, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kaplea is ranked 154,755^th in the world and 1^st in Grand Union of Socialist Republics for Largest Populations, with 2.76 billion capita.