The People's Republic of Khavarra is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Áldèn Stréffèn with an even hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 1.551 billion Khavarrans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Holister. The average income tax rate is 55.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Khavarran economy, worth 37.2 trillion Rùbbvīs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 23,964 Rùbbvīs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Some voters are required to show a minimum of four forms of identification, the armed forces pride themselves on being conventional and predictable, Bigtopian interference in domestic elections is always democratically sanctioned, and a traveller who once stubbed a toe on an Air Brancaland flight has been offered asylum. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Khavarra's national animal is the Hawk and its national religion is Buddhism.

Khavarra is ranked 232,517^th in the world and 5^th in Kirran for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4.58 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.