The Egalitarian Democracy of Karteria is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Lucille Granger with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, keen interest in outer space, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.561 billion Karterians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Liliana City. The average income tax rate is 92.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Karterian economy, worth 605 trillion Panameroes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 132,839 Panameroes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Karteria's radio stations, people who tease dwarfs are being cut down to size, the well-to-do in New West Indies are never on time for important appointments, and royalist is the most offensive slur in the Karterian language. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karteria's national animal is the White-Tailed Deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Karteria is ranked 179,385^th in the world and 104^th in New West Indies for Most Pro-Market, scoring -75.22 on the Rand Index.