The Commonwealth of Central Kadigan is a gargantuan, cultured nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 29.384 billion Kadigans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Almater. The average income tax rate is 97.5%.

The enormous but inefficient Kadigan economy, worth a remarkable 2,161 trillion dinars a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. Average income is 73,544 dinars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pre-takeoff checks last longer than the flights themselves, citizens who plan overseas vacations are barred from running for political office, nouveau riche farmers diligently take care of their golden calf herds, and there's nothing more gay than bleeding for your nation. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Central Kadigan's national animal is the Eurasian lynx, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Central Kadigan is ranked 5,972^nd in the world and 11^th in Philosophers for Nicest Citizens, with 42.18 average smiles per day.