The Great Empire of Emperor Carl is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Suzerain with a fair hand, and notable for its parental licensing program, otherworldly petting zoo, and complete absence of social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 32.294 billion Imperial Citzens 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 relatively small, corrupt, outspoken government is effectively ruled by the Department of Law & Order, with Environment also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Industry receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Imperial City. The average income tax rate is 3.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Imperial economy, worth a remarkable 3,366 trillion Carloreans a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 104,239 Carloreans, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Feuilletons can only be deciphered with a Galliennais dictionary, ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products, theoretical science is only theoretical, and most foreigners can't name the leader of Emperor Carl. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Emperor Carl's national animal is the Liger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Old Code.

Emperor Carl is ranked 202,450^th in the world and 432^nd in NationStates for Most Primitive, scoring -540.91 on the Scary Big Number Scale.