The Federal Republic of Karelianastan is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Simon Archidamus with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.611 billion Karelianastanians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kingsburg. The average income tax rate is 90.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Karelianastanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,023 trillion Karelianastanian Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 118,816 Karelianastanian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The national security service are a bunch of crooks, the nightly news reports prosaically on the government blindly throwing money at despotic kidnappers, a newly discovered small mammal's name translates into Karelianastanian as 'your finger, you fool', and the minority inevitably have their addenda vetoed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karelianastan's national animal is the Grey Heron, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Agnosticism.

Karelianastan is ranked 261,205^th in the world and 1,777^th in The Communist Bloc for Highest Crime Rates, with 1.71 crimes per hour.