The Soviet Socialist Republic of Karaq is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by the Glorious General Secretary with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, hatred of cheese, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.479 billion Karaqis, 7.116 billion of whom are zombies, 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, moralistic, socially-minded, 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 Kaztianne. The average income tax rate is 93.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Karaqi economy, worth a remarkable 1,022 trillion Kuzoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 101,302 Kuzoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government theft from poor artists to give to rich allies has been dubbed the "reverse Robin Hood" policy, it turns out that money can buy you happiness, the nation's beloved 'good-natured doormat' is inundated by begging letters, and the nation's weary schoolchildren excel at sport but must count scores on their fingers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karaq's national animal is the Black Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is the Party.

Karaq is ranked 2,218^th in the world and 11^th in the Outback for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 3,569.58 on the Clooney Contribution Index.