The Republic of 6e Usine de Cartes is a huge, pleasant nation, renowned for its smutty television, daily referendums, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 577 million 6e Usine de Cartesians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 32.4%.

The strong 6e Usine de Cartesian economy, worth 30.0 trillion marks a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 52,049 marks, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

Thieves claim they're simply working for the tax agency, some say Leader has gone MAD after authorizing the development of apocalyptic biological weapons, politicians can't accept birthday presents from their own children, and graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 6e Usine de Cartes's national animal is the sheep, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

6e Usine de Cartes is ranked 268,212^th in the world and 10^th in CARON for Largest Populations, with 577 million capita.