The Democratic States of HMS Caroline is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, parental licensing program, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 5.103 billion HMS Carolineans 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 19.1%.

The HMS Carolinean economy, worth 259 trillion Delta Eagles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 50,711 Delta Eagles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens cannot change their light bulbs without approval from an international committee, crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters, candidates for public office painstakingly research their family trees to ensure their eligibility, and coastlines are giant slag heaps. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. HMS Caroline's national animal is the Kitsune, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

HMS Caroline is ranked 168,103^rd in the world and 7^th in Cruiser Fleet for Least Corrupt Governments, with 93.16 percentage of bribes refused.