The Armed Republic of Carnagus is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of prisons, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 503 million Carnagusians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of KAYLAS CITY. The average income tax rate is 48.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Carnagusian economy, worth 26.4 trillion flesh pelts a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 52,559 flesh pelts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Class clowns are frequently listed among the most dangerous criminals in the nation, nudity is frowned upon, late night adverts for breast milk co-ops regularly win pornography industry awards, and dynamite sales and concert audiences are booming. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carnagus's national animal is the meat bicycle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Carnagus is ranked 233,302^nd in the world and 31^st in Regionless for Smartest Citizens, with 15.4 quips per hour.