The Communist Proletarian Union of Carrico is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Margoza Oblongata with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 14.862 billion Carricoistas are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port Visa. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Carricoite economy, worth a remarkable 3,009 trillion Trans-Union labour credits 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 led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 202,488 Trans-Union labour credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication, soldiers are issued comics about superheroes punching unflattering caricatures of their enemies, war criminals are given full state funerals, and Carrico has taken the radical step of electing its future leaders. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carrico's national animal is the Xoloitzcuintli, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is State Atheism.

Carrico is ranked 1,053^rd in the world and 30^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 25,014.28 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.