The Colony of Riemstagrad Kaarten Depot 03 is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its fear of technology, enslaved workforce, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 5.966 billion Kaarts are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 86.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Riemstagrad Kaarten Depot 03ian economy, worth 983 trillion Banks a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 164,892 Banks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 545,204 per year while the poor average 37,280, a ratio of 14.6 to 1.

Riemstagrad Kaarten Depot 03's first free elections in recent memory have been successfully concluded, shipping canals are a bit like unimaginative cheese shops -- filled with debris, days begin with afternoon tea, and prison officers are bribed not to take bribes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Riemstagrad Kaarten Depot 03's national animal is the Joker, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Riemstagrad Kaarten Depot 03 is ranked 228,668^th in the world and 42^nd in Riemst for Fattest Citizens, with 8.55 Obesity Rate.