The Grand Republic of Killadonia is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by President Maria Calvet with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 34.517 billion Killadonians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Providence. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Killadonian economy, worth a remarkable 5,881 trillion Killmarks a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 170,407 Killmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Killadonia's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Killadonia's radio stations, an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents, and the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Killadonia's national animal is the Welsh Corgi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Killadonia is ranked 5,598^th in the world and 3^rd in Union of Free Nations for Lowest Crime Rates, with 113.75 law-abiding acts per hour.