The Sovereignty of Cartiga is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by General Morden with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory vegetarianism, sprawling nuclear power plants, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 29.704 billion Cartigans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Administration, and Environment are also considered important, while Social Policy and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ronbertburg. The average income tax rate is 90.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cartigan economy, worth a remarkable 9,822 trillion unicreds a year, is highly specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 330,691 unicreds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The country routinely whitewashes uncomfortable parts of its history, mostly women are seen and not heard, pop stars who make it big overseas are hailed as economic heroes, and the key to a long musical career is government contracts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cartiga's national animal is the Hairbuster Riberts, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Gottgläubigkeit.

Cartiga is ranked 3,172^nd in the world and 9^th in Fifth Empire for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 10,138.08 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.