The Kingdom of Karterstan is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by King Karter XVI with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 13.545 billion Karterstanis 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, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kartergrad. The average income tax rate is 69.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Karterstanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,759 trillion Tersts a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 129,871 Tersts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Anyone who doesn't attend Official Governmental Religious Services is fined, family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries, politicians are often found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income, and short shrift is being given to applications for political asylum from illegal immigrants. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karterstan's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Church of Karterstan.

Karterstan is ranked 192,922^nd in the world and 30^th in The Alliance of Dictators for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -3.16 on the Clooney Contribution Index.