The Defender of Kivu 4 is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 2.826 billion Kivu 4ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 69.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kivu 4ian economy, worth 306 trillion marks 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 large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Retail. 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 108,570 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

The media have begun calling the government treasury "Leader's stash", young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus, sexually-starved male dinosaurs terrorise tourists during weekly breakouts from Mesozoic Park, and getting an autograph has become harder than ever. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kivu 4's national animal is the penguin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Kivu 4 is ranked 276,053^rd in the world and 602^nd in A Taco Paradise for Most Beautiful Environments, with 7.55 pounds of wildlife per square mile.