The Castle of Carmilla is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its absence of drug laws, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 26.543 billion Vampires enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 72.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Carmilla's economy, worth 405 trillion Roses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 15,261 Roses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is illegal to make racist remarks in public, same-sex marriages are increasingly common, voting is voluntary, and the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carmilla's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Carmilla is ranked 114,326^th in the world and 5^th in Austria for Smartest Citizens, with 34.4 quips per hour.