The Federation of Kansago is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Jan Svirbid with an iron fist, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, keen interest in outer space, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 811 million Kansagoans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kamkharan Stratobastion V. The average income tax rate is 69.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kansagoan economy, worth 98.7 trillion mazus a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 121,723 mazus, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government loves seeing the little people fight, the New Kansagoan Thesaurus lists "love" and "oppress" as synonyms, teach an angler how to phish and he can make a living, and motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kansago's national animal is the Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Kansago is ranked 49,299^th in the world and 65^th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 626.35 on the Clooney Contribution Index.