The Federation of Cartrexia is a huge, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 457 million Cartrexians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cartrex City. The average income tax rate is 37.4%.

The powerhouse Cartrexian economy, worth 36.7 trillion sancoins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 80,343 sancoins, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

Student exchange programs are in trouble as everyone wants to leave but no-one wants to come, people say that cubists are rubbish because they can't draw faces, the nation's beloved 'good-natured doormat' is inundated by begging letters, and meat prices are soaring as the farming industry struggle under government-imposed restrictions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cartrexia's national animal is the lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cartrexia is ranked 202,867^th in the world and 162^nd in Karma for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -3.16 on the Clooney Contribution Index.