The Empire of Carrelie is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Ann II with an even hand, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, public floggings, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working population of 4.064 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 Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Densmouth. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 85.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Carrelian economy, worth 559 trillion valires a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 137,785 valires, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

The government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments, politicians bribe ten-year-old geniuses to sit their aptitude tests, expats return home to a government devoid of social and environmental agencies, and parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend. 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 King Willame Crow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Carrelian Protestantism.

Carrelie is ranked 14,894^th in the world and 452^nd in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 2,679.42 on the Societal Mobility Rating.