The Republic of Kivu 49 is a massive, safe nation, notable for its avant-garde cinema, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and enforced nudity. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 1.279 billion Kivu 49ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 37.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Kivu 49ian economy, worth 93.3 trillion lire a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 72,949 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Calling shotgun on the front seat too many days in a row is seen as a crime against social equality, a well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, even snitches get stitches, and citizens simply have to point a weapon at a government official to get what they want. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kivu 49's national animal is the bison, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Kivu 49 is ranked 45,490^th in the world and 20^th in Fukuoka for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 5,042.34 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.