The Republic of Carditopia is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 627 million Carditopians 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 medium-sized, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 37.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Carditopian economy, worth 5.77 trillion dollars 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 Trout Farming, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. 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 9,195 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carditopia's national animal is the dolphin.

Carditopia is ranked 215,383^rd in the world and 12,213^th in Osiris for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 42 on the Kitten Softness Rating.