The Confederation of Carrelie is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by President Veronica Staube with an even hand, and renowned for its absence of drug laws, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 15.712 billion Carrelians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mont-Sanguine. The average income tax rate is 91.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Carrelian economy, worth a remarkable 2,372 trillion valires a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 151,006 valires, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Cassocked priests and choirboys believe that what happens behind closed doors stays behind closed doors, stocks go up when the internet says so, the government tells its citizens to 'forgive and forget', and sheepish teenagers are making eye contact with their parents for the first time in a decade during state-enforced 'no-phones hour'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carrelie's national animal is the eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Carrelie is ranked 6,862^nd in the world and 1^st in Astris for Most Developed, scoring 92.6 on the Human Development Index.