The Theocracy of Karelo-Finnish SR is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by the Head Vsäklär shrine maiden with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, triple-decker prams, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.057 billion Miko are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vsäklär Island. The average income tax rate is 77.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Miko economy, worth 206 trillion Yin Yang marbles a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 100,395 Yin Yang marbles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreigners write "made in Karelo-Finnish SR" on shoddy merchandise in hope of receiving a buy-out, welfare funding has recently gone through the roof, hospitals fear government fines more than terrorist ransoms, and it's illegal to be caught on tape. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karelo-Finnish SR's national animal is the Pink Champagne Fox Miko, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Nihilism.

Karelo-Finnish SR is ranked 17,254^th in the world and 1,089^th in Balder for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,130.33 pounds of wildlife per square mile.