The Community of The Monastic Order of the Open Hand is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Albert Jones with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 3.064 billion Kargians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kargi. The average income tax rate is 28.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Kargian economy, worth 146 trillion Dollars a year, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 47,940 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

For some reason the census focuses on daily banana ingestion and hourly quip rate, pros are the new cons, families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, and retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Monastic Order of the Open Hand's national animal is the Seal and its national religion is Kargian Folk Religion.

The Monastic Order of the Open Hand is ranked 145,837^th in the world and 18^th in The Allied Republics for Lowest Crime Rates, with 61.37 law-abiding acts per hour.