The Confederation of Carrelie is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Empress Edith-Marie with an even hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, rampant corporate plagiarism, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 6.751 billion Carrelians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

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 90.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Carrelian economy, worth 954 trillion valires a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 141,339 valires, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

CEOs are forced to cut coupons during important conference calls to make ends meet, people seem disproportionately distraught when told a museum has a phones-off policy, turnstile jumpers grow up to be tax cheats, and people with political aspirations study how to make balloon animals. 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 soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Church of Carrelie.

Carrelie is ranked 15,309^th in the world and 15^th in Force for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 308.85 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.