The Hermit Kingdom of King Canute is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Canute The Great with an even hand, and renowned for its enslaved workforce, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 13.6 billion King Canuteans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Canute City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 52.6%.

The frighteningly efficient King Canutean economy, worth a remarkable 2,944 trillion Gold Guilders a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an amazing 216,528 Gold Guilders, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,321,695 per year while the poor average 15,656, a ratio of 84.4 to 1.

The end of autumn is celebrated with a bonfire of designer bags, young men find it hard to engage in their favourite topic of study with their parents looking over their shoulder, children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again, and citizens are overwhelmed by beautiful simulacra. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. King Canute's national animal is the Falcon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Cnut the Great.

King Canute is ranked 247,347^th in the world and 38^th in The Embassy 1 for Highest Poor Incomes, with 15,656.15 Standard Monetary Units.