The Delightful Republic of Canditia is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Chloe Smith with a fair hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, absence of drug laws, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.278 billion Canditians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Caramel City. The average income tax rate is 68.3%.

The all-consuming Canditian economy, worth 121 trillion Candies a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 95,153 Candies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

ADHD now stands for Attention Distracted by Hardware Devices, political speeches that drill deep into bureaucratic fine detail could be said to be a little boring, burning twigs to keep warm while lost in the wild is now a felony, and Canditia's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Canditia's national animal is the Sylveon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Canditia is ranked 26,049^th in the world and 66^th in The Union of Democratic States for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 6,956.07 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.