The Principality of Carlvonhapsburglund is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Prince Richard de Clare with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 24.151 billion Carlvonhapsburglundians 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carlvonhapsburglund City. The average income tax rate is 74.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Carlvonhapsburglundian economy, worth a remarkable 1,674 trillion Ottoes a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,351 Ottoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Third world countries are rich in "I Love Carlvonhapsburglund City" t-shirts, religious leaders order congregants to love any neighbour who is just like themselves, atheistic refugees haven't got a prayer of being granted asylum, and Carlvonhapsburglundian companies generally just fire employees in lieu of giving them vacation. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carlvonhapsburglund's national animal is the Pelican, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Roman Catholic.

Carlvonhapsburglund is ranked 286,180^th in the world and 98^th in Catholic for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring -16.43 on the Gilded Widget Scale.