The Dual Republics of Kanokla is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Alex de la Fontaine with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 9.299 billion Kanoklies are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Georgetown. The average income tax rate is 97.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Kanoklan economy, worth a remarkable 1,725 trillion Ameris a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 185,513 Ameris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques, the only movement outdoors is of ramen-delivery drones, offering a builder a cup of tea is a legal minefield, and enemy governments seem especially interested in Kanokla's election cycle. Crime is totally unknown. Kanokla's national animal is the North American bison, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Universal Secularism.

Kanokla is ranked 325,122^nd in the world and 1,371^st in Europe for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -15.1 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.