The Communist Proletarian Union of Carrico is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Margoza Oblongata with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, sprawling nuclear power plants, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cheerful population of 10.85 billion Communists are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port Visa. The average income tax rate is 99.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Communist economy, worth a remarkable 1,822 trillion Trans-Union Labour Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 167,997 Trans-Union Labour Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

More and more people are signing up for the government party, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, crime is on the rise as DNA sampling has been all but outlawed, and anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carrico's national animal is the Xoloitzcuintli, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is State Atheism.

Carrico is ranked 4,914^th in the world and 75^th in The Communist Bloc for Smartest Citizens, with 128.44 quips per hour.