The Colony of Karietown is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by President James T Green with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 1.747 billion Karietownians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Karietown. The average income tax rate is 82.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Karietownian economy, worth 201 trillion guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 115,349 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Two inland cities have unveiled their new desalination plants, criminals lock themselves in their mums' basements to avoid prison, millions of Karietownians are excellent swimmers, and it is technically inaccurate to call the dead 'worm food'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karietown's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Karietown is ranked 282,439^th in the world and 10,702^nd in Balder for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -12.96 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.