The Free Land of Candy Nation is a huge, genial nation, notable for its absence of drug laws, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 967 million Candians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Candy City. The average income tax rate is 57.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Candian economy, worth 60.5 trillion C-units a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 62,583 C-units, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Max Barry is this year's Miss Candy Nation, kids are taught in schools to argue with their parents, political talk shows often have children as guests whenever they need commentary on world religions, and evasive politicians don't fail to strongly commit to not committing to a course of non-inaction. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Candy Nation's national animal is the unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Candy Nation is ranked 29,184^th in the world and 83^rd in The Kodiak Republic for Highest Food Quality, scoring 71.53 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.