The Republic of Kivu XIV is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, free-roaming dinosaurs, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 2.9 billion Kivu XIVians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 35.6%.

The very strong Kivu XIVian economy, worth 194 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 66,966 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 200,900 per year while the poor average 17,435, a ratio of 11.5 to 1.

Foreign leaders are advising that Leader's letters must have gotten lost in the mail, employees who skip lunch to avoid sub-par cafeteria food risk getting fired, scientific journals publish third-graders' school essays, and crime is on the rise as online youths compete to vlog the most shocking scenes of violence. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kivu XIV's national animal is the bison, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Kivu XIV is ranked 176,298^th in the world and 54^th in Fukuoka for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 1,211.79 on the Hickory Productivity Index.