The Community of CartAgRiem 001 is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its triple-decker prams, infamous sell-swords, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.36 billion CartAgRiem 001ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. The average income tax rate is 64.4%.

The frighteningly efficient CartAgRiem 001ian economy, worth 861 trillion Banks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 103,080 Banks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Coconut-half banging former royals skip around the countryside seeking gullible peasants to rule, former school buses now regularly shuttle kids to the nearest shopping centers to work, colonial citizens are forced to sing the praise of the "Great CartAgRiem 001ian Liberator", and it's considered a civil right to be allowed to neglect and mistreat your own children. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. CartAgRiem 001's national animal is the Dead Parrot, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

CartAgRiem 001 is ranked 213,641^st in the world and 7,007^th in Balder for Most Primitive, scoring -91.6 on the Scary Big Number Scale.