The War-Torn Lands of Kanoshu is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by - currently disputed - with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory vegetarianism, smutty television, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.588 billion Kanoshuans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of - formerly El'Kassar -. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Kanoshuan economy, worth a remarkable 2,637 trillion Keonas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 249,135 Keonas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Earthquake sirens are a leading cause of hearing loss, 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Kanoshu's radio stations, military strategists are questioning the wisdom of subsidizing the economies of sworn enemies, and a new apartment is worth a thousand betrayals. Crime is totally unknown. Kanoshu's national animal is the Panlong, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Suruitkuism.

Kanoshu is ranked 207^th in the world and 2^nd in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Nicest Citizens, with 149.14 average smiles per day.