The Thief of Carulia is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Player with an even hand, and remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, frequent executions, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 12.8 billion Carulians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Buenos Aires. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Carulian economy, worth a remarkable 1,691 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 132,109 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.

The military sees national borders more as guidelines than absolutes, five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars, the state auctions off combat drones to fund war reparations, and giant no-kill traps baited with Bapst Red Ribbon and vintage bicycles have been popping up in back alleys nationwide. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carulia's national animal is the cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Cards.

Carulia is ranked 197,715^th in the world and 17^th in Temporary Home for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 874.58 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.