The Grand Duchy of Carolias is a large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, restrictive gun laws, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 74 million Carolians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 26.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Caroliasian economy, worth 3.38 trillion Caruls a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 45,660 Caruls, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries, Brancalandian Brie isn't available anywhere in Carolias, all you have to do is pray to get into Carolias, and soldiers have a preference for fire-and-forget payloads. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carolias's national animal is the red fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Carolias is ranked 265,831^st in the world and 5,773^rd in The North Pacific for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -8.37 on the Clooney Contribution Index.