The Commonwealth of Caerin is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Hadyn Schrum with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and public floggings. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 1.776 billion Caerinians 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, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Karinstadt. The average income tax rate is 60.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Caerinian economy, worth 141 trillion thalers a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 79,771 thalers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments, the nation has nearly as many history museums as Caerinians, third world countries are rich in "I Love Karinstadt" t-shirts, and the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Caerin's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Caerin is ranked 34,212^th in the world and 79^th in The Union of Democratic States for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 5,851.66 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.