The Shanties and Slums of The Kuboda District is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its national health service, complete lack of prisons, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.996 billion Kihagians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized morass — prioritizes Administration, with Industry, Law & Order, and Defense also on the agenda, while Welfare is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Onyx Pavillion. The average income tax rate is 77.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kihagian economy, worth 688 trillion Silvers 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, highly specialized black market in Retail and Automobile Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 86,109 Silvers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Brains have been removed from lists of best brain foods, the dish 'poisson avec poison' is only available on the black market, "The Daily Sacrifice" is a routine segment of morning news shows, and it is still not known if the commander in chief outranks the supreme commander. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Kuboda District's national animal is the Elephant, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Kihagian Orthodoxy.

The Kuboda District is ranked 111,890^th in the world and 2^nd in Bestest Region for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.48 law-abiding acts per hour.