The Union of Carlinda is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, smutty television, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working population of 6.509 billion Carlindans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nueva Cádiz. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.7%.

The powerhouse Carlindan economy, worth 440 trillion carlindes Rials a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 67,659 carlindes Rials, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 239,970 per year while the poor average 13,759, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Bus ads propagandize causes ranging from sexual revolution to religious pogroms, the government response to disaster victims starving for bread is "let them eat stale cake", a major religion has been named as Carlinda's national religion, and Leader has just been declared ruler of Carlinda in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Carlinda's national animal is the Oryx, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Carlinda is ranked 253,383^rd in the world and 59^th in Union Mundial for Lowest Crime Rates, with 50.18 law-abiding acts per hour.