The United Socialist States of Carsovia is a large, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 117 million Carsovians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 71.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Carsovian economy, worth 2.25 trillion Carsovian Rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration and Information Technology. Average income is 19,204 Carsovian Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards, mandatory neutering has made purebred dogs a thing of the past, ministers browse Alright! magazine for fashion tips, and EULAs remind customers that "Private Mode" is a browser setting rather than a promise. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carsovia's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Carsovia is ranked 305,245^th in the world and 2,531^st in the West Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 19,204.49 Standard Monetary Units.