The Limbless Empire of Carthatska is a huge, genial nation, ruled by President Serge Maitre with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, zero percent divorce rate, and public floggings. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 932 million Carthatskans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nouméa. The average income tax rate is 75.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Carthatskan economy, worth 93.1 trillion Carthages a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 99,867 Carthages, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's soldiers sleep four to a bed in order to use space economically, the nation is famous for bravely sending wave after wave of its soldiers until the enemy runs out of bullets, more money is spent on policing the welfare system for abuse than on the welfare system itself, and the government's fruit business reeks of rotting produce and corruption. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carthatska's national animal is the turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Carthatska is ranked 18,919^th in the world and 556^th in the South Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 82.55 Law-abiding Acts Per Hour.