The Egalitarian Democracy of Karteria is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Benjamin Heigele with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.789 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 large 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 88.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Karterian economy, worth 367 trillion Kars 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 significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 131,614 Kars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The song 'They Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in Karteria' is a smash hit, colleges adhere to rigid ethnic quotas for admissions, halberds are common 18th birthday presents, and the government pours millions of Kars into rehabilitation programs annually. Crime 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 is also the nation's favorite main course.

Karteria is ranked 5,353^rd in the world and 2^nd in New West Indies for Most Developed, scoring 91.75 on the Human Development Index.