The Summer dying Karrot of Karatana is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Kaiser Scansia with an even hand, and notable for its public floggings, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 17.937 billion Karatanans 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 Defense, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Scansia. The average income tax rate is 63.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Karatanan economy, worth a remarkable 1,921 trillion Rubleses a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 107,118 Rubleses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Frat-house partying has become the national pastime, doctors spend more time writing sick notes than caring for the sick, hospitals scramble for new disinfectants following a ban on rubbing alcohol, and citizens praise the weeds that overwhelm their narrow vegetable realm. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Karatana's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Scanism.

Karatana is ranked 37,590^th in the world and 7^th in Montealba for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 6,677.93 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.