The Reborn States of Karnea is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by President Movera with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.709 billion Karneans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Karnopolisian. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Karnean economy, worth a remarkable 2,334 trillion Karns a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 217,986 Karns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The number of eyes rolled per maths lesson is increasing exponentially, the government is promoting multicultural values with the new 'Just Be Nice, OK?' initiative, video game protagonists bear striking resemblances to major political figures, and one does not simply walk into the tundra. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Karnea's national animal is the Eurasian Lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is No National Religion.

Karnea is ranked 258,368^th in the world and 601^st in Europe for Largest Black Market, with 141 billion Standard Monetary Units.