The People's Republic of Karatha is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 500 million Karathans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 76.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Karathan economy, worth 41.9 trillion Krans a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 83,842 Krans, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People can't decide between preserving forests and buying print copies of 'Dogman Versus The Giggler', child support loans with high interest rates are available in Karathan banks, the children of Karatha are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence, and elections are won by the candidate who makes the best 'yo mama' jokes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karatha's national animal is the Axolotl, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Karatha is ranked 208,212^th in the world and 2,499^th in The North Pacific for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -4 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.