The People's Republic of Konewa is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Saulien with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 6.042 billion Konewans 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Basalt. The average income tax rate is 60.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Konewan economy, worth 860 trillion Moeras a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 142,350 Moeras, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sales of fishnet stockings have reached a record high, children in school playgrounds can be heard chanting the hymns of the Order of Violet, drug distribution is tightly controlled by the government, and moonshine has made a resurgence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Konewa's national animal is the Kiwi, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Konewa is ranked 19,167^th in the world and 299^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 286.74 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.