The Free Cities of Kautas is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by First Arbiter Cael Virex with an even hand, and notable for its teetotalling pirates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 9.956 billion Kautasians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Environment, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Defense aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aureaxis. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Kautasian economy, worth a remarkable 2,153 trillion Lumens a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 216,321 Lumens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Environmental legislation occurs cyclically, cotton candy made from genuine cotton cellulose doesn't quite satisfy, the government seizes all major gold finds, and civil servants refuse to enforce government regulations for fear of wider economic impact. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kautas's national animal is the Gargyl, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Lux Communis.

Kautas is ranked 2,610^th in the world and 8^th in Fifth Empire for Most Cultured, scoring 230 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.