The Democratic Peoples Republic of Keaben is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Houa Loab with a fair hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, complete lack of prisons, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.017 billion Keabenians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lub Nroog. The average income tax rate is 80.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Keabenian economy, worth 366 trillion Bricks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 91,329 Bricks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The book "Zen and the Art of Dog Maintenance" is inexplicably a worldwide success, the pursuit of wanted criminals ends at the entrance of the pay'n'spray garage as police refuse to enter any private property, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, and invasive drug testing is now performed at elementary school sports days. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Keaben's national animal is the Pangolin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is No official Religion.

Keaben is ranked 23,149^th in the world and 548^th in The Communist Bloc for Highest Food Quality, scoring 107.03 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.