The Federal Republic of Karlenland is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its frequent executions and compulsory military service. The democratic population of 364 million Karlenlandians are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 31.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Karlenlandian economy, worth 16.2 trillion Karlenland dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,566 Karlenland dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Intellectual snobbery has the cognoscenti sneering at anyone who doesn't have an opinion on the semiological drift of Umberto Eco's works, hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock", citizens select which government department gets their income tax Karlenland dollars each year, and police officers have been re-kitted with designer uniforms and gold-plated handcuffs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karlenland's national animal is the fox, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Karlenland is ranked 100,060^th in the world and 5,365^th in Osiris for Highest Poor Incomes, with 29,134.2 Standard Monetary Units.