The Constitutional Monarchy of Karakoram is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, pith helmet sales, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 272 million Karakoramians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 51.9%.

The strong Karakoramian economy, worth 18.5 trillion Rubles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 67,971 Rubles, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 263,357 per year while the poor average 12,023, a ratio of 21.9 to 1.

Major cities run on potato batteries, fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits, movement-triggered sensors mean that for every door that closes another one opens, and school lockers are filled with fancy underwear. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karakoram's national animal is the harpy eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Karakoram is ranked 74,638^th in the world and 1,338^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 2,439.63 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.