The Colony of Karietown is a massive, safe nation, ruled by President James T Green with a fair hand, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.07 billion Karietownians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Karietown. The average income tax rate is 90.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Karietownian economy, worth 421 trillion guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 137,147 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists, truncheon-mounted cameras record the beating of criminals in dynamic HD detail, it's been a banner year for local vexillology, and busy commuters no longer hear the cries of "I want some more!" on the nation's streets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karietown's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Karietown is ranked 3,020^th in the world and 84^th in The East Pacific for Safest, scoring 138.12 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.