The Empire of Dos Carpis is a very large, safe nation, notable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 280 million Dos Carpisians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Soso. The average income tax rate is 31.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Dos Carpisian economy, worth 19.0 trillion Salgueses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 67,817 Salgueses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

More sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people, dancing with your first cousin is a misdemeanor, fruit pickers with degrees in Lobo psychology are a common sight, and you're never too young to learn how to lie with confidence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dos Carpis's national animal is the Lobo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Dos Carpis is ranked 119,273^rd in the world and 370^th in Concord for Smartest Citizens, with 33.76 quips per hour.