The Federation of Kannap is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Daniel Sanders-Wood with an even hand, and renowned for its public floggings, hatred of cheese, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 26.96 billion Kannapians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Anderson. The average income tax rate is 95.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Kannapian economy, worth a remarkable 5,135 trillion kanmarks a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Tourism. 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 an impressive 190,488 kanmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The most commonly-worn shoes are concrete ones, the government supplies ragtag bands of resistance fighters in exchange for vague promises of future payment, citizens often glare angrily at jet contrails, and knitting needles have been banned in the name of public safety. Crime is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Kannap's national animal is the red panda, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is the Church of Kannap.

Kannap is ranked 284,389^th in the world and 227^th in Forest for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 8,381.51 Standard Monetary Units.