The United Empire of Carica is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Johnbill Buckdale with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 2.944 billion Caricans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carpilia. The average income tax rate is 76.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Carican economy, worth 282 trillion colars a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,115 colars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Brave curators do battle with disorganised government libraries, street preachers spend more time condemning government bureaucracy than passers-by, children are brainwashed at a young age to accept "love and peace!" as a way of life, and drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carica's national animal is the Whale Shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Carica is ranked 42,196^th in the world and 26^th in Arctica for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 170.45 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.