The State of Carrie Barbeau is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and renowned for its absence of drug laws, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 26.419 billion Carrie Barbeauans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.7%.

The very strong Carrie Barbeauan economy, worth 786 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. Average income is 29,787 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 202,521 per year while the poor average 1,600, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, Carrie Barbeau has designated Westminster as its capital city, The Governor has just been declared ruler of Carrie Barbeau in an international press conference, and the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Carrie Barbeau's national animal is the deer.

Carrie Barbeau is ranked 288,506^th in the world and 1^st in Aaland Islands for Lowest Crime Rates, with 34.52 law-abiding acts per hour.