The United States of Kappacon is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Hwang-Cheon with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.943 billion Kappaconians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gyeongbaek. The average income tax rate is 89.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kappaconian economy, worth 239 trillion Won a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 123,364 Won, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Airport announcements inform passengers that flights have been delayed because pilots are having afternoon naps, space research funding has hit a recent high while several military bases are being closed down, evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, and the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kappacon's national animal is the Alaska Pollock, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Protestantism and Buddhism.

Kappacon is ranked 169,704^th in the world and 7,503^rd in The North Pacific for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring -4.73 on the Hickory Productivity Index.