The Republic of Kowloon City is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, lack of airports, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, devout population of 2.749 billion Kowloon Cityians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous government prioritizes Defense, with Administration, Law & Order, and Education also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 71.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Kowloon Cityian economy, worth 204 trillion HKDS a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 74,370 HKDS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Blind students are at a disadvantage now that test papers printed in braille have been discontinued, weird or unusual crimes merit cruel and unusual punishments, war criminals are given full state funerals, and research grant proposals read like political diatribes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kowloon City's national animal is the Panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kowloon City is ranked 13,551^st in the world and 715^th in Balder for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 54.3 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.