The Defender of Kivu 8 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, disturbing lack of elderly people, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.346 billion Kivu 8ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 60.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Kivu 8ian economy, worth 552 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. 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 127,199 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens must inform the government each time they have a haircut, the decision to be oppressed is now made democratically, Leader's Dreadnought-class tankbuster limousine is said to have more ammunition than the entire Brancalandian Army, and pallbearers at military funerals dive for cover when they hear the three-volley salute. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kivu 8's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Kivu 8 is ranked 298,269^th in the world and 1,118^th in the Outback for Most Pacifist, with 6.95 cheeks turned per day.