The Commonwealth of United Kahndaq is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Teth-Adam with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, avowedly heterosexual populace, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 13.094 billion United Kahndaqians 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shiruta. The average income tax rate is 71.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient United Kahndaqian economy, worth a remarkable 1,085 trillion Golds a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 82,876 Golds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Traffic cops spend most of their work-hours calculating citizens' monthly income, all footpaths have tollbooths, public enemies often walk home with spotless garments and crime records, and new pilots are regularly reminded that they are more expendable than their planes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. United Kahndaq's national animal is the Jaguar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Sha'zamism.

United Kahndaq is ranked 47,702^nd in the world and 1,733^rd in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 51.48 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.