The Military dictatorship of Qaratoprok is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Generalissimo Oğuz Khan Qarahan with an iron fist, and remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, sprawling nuclear power plants, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.247 billion Qaraqs are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zengesur. The average income tax rate is 82.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Qaraq economy, worth 588 trillion Manats a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 181,267 Manats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Virtually all of the country's economic activity takes place in Zengesur, schoolchildren are divided over Generalissimo Oğuz Khan Qarahan's "Why Tigers are Cooler than Lions" speech, pristine wilderness has been trashed in the quest for cheaper oil, and international trade is a sticky issue. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Qaratoprok's national animal is the Kongrul, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Tengrism.

Qaratoprok is ranked 7,526^th in the world and 23^rd in The League for Lowest Crime Rates, with 106.81 law-abiding acts per hour.