The Republic of Carbon County is a large, orderly nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 169 million Carbon Countyians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 56.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Carbon Countyian economy, worth 4.35 trillion rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Gambling, Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 25,768 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carbon County's national animal is the dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Carbon County is ranked 175,679^th in the world and 11^th in Counties for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 32.06 on the Bus Surprisal Index.