The Crowned Republic of Carcaso is a mammoth, orderly nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 7.396 billion Carcasonnais are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Education, Industry, and Law & Order are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carcassonne. The average income tax rate is 43.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Carcasoan economy, worth 650 trillion livre carcassonnaises a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Gambling. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 87,972 livre carcassonnaises, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Engineers are reinventing the wheel, the nation is weighing the price of victory following a nuclear strike, the government has begun breaking all large businesses into thousands of mom-and-pop general stores, and the Foreign Ministry thinks an eye for an eye is a blindingly good idea. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carcaso's national animal is the bee.

Carcaso is ranked 208,747^th in the world and 722^nd in Carcassonne for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 220.69 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.