The Colony of Kandropia II is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 2.93 billion Kandropia IIians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.8%.

The Kandropia IIian economy, worth 160 trillion rubledollars 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, fairly diversified black market in Gambling, Woodchip Exports, Retail, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 54,869 rubledollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 176,600 per year while the poor average 12,908, a ratio of 13.7 to 1.

Crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters, citizens who leave the nation for work are instantly charged with treason, the government says that Possession is nine-tenths of the Lore, and public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Kandropia II's national animal is the hawk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Kandropia II is ranked 123,137^th in the world and 2,609^th in Suspicious for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 69.28 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.