The Empire of KAZAN ARA is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Tsar Kasideht of KAZAN ARA with an iron fist, and remarkable for its national health service, otherworldly petting zoo, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.594 billion KAZAN ARAians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rod of Venus. The average income tax rate is 95.4%.

The frighteningly efficient KAZAN ARAian economy, worth 490 trillion Kovins 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 Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 189,065 Kovins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Cops in Rod of Venus spend much of their time napping on a park bench next to Embassy Row, religious turf wars have caused frustrated police to pray for divine intervention, only fully-fledged members of MENSA are allowed to vote, and the consent form for routine blood pressure measurement has been nominated for the 'Novel Of The Year' award. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. KAZAN ARA's national animal is the Whale, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Nature of Aphrodite.

KAZAN ARA is ranked 12,257^th in the world and 620^th in Balder for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 11,607.16 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.