The Holy Heiled Empire of Carstantinopipal is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Carson the Great and IronFist-200 with an even hand, and renowned for its vat-grown people, ban on automobiles, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 3.068 billion Carsonites 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 Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carson City. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Carstantinopipalian economy, worth 684 trillion Carson Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 223,262 Carson Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, crossword puzzles have been co-opted as a symbol of racial discrimination, oxygen is commonly known as 'breathinium', and Carsonism now admits men and women into its clergy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carstantinopipal's national animal is the Carsoraptor, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Carsonism.

Carstantinopipal is ranked 1,922^nd in the world and 1^st in The United Empires of Carson for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 98.31 Effective Tax Rate.