The Federation of Karison is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its disturbing lack of elderly people, smutty television, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 550 million Karisonians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aurelia Prime. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.1%.

The powerhouse Karisonian economy, worth 48.1 trillion Cupcakeses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Retail. Average income is 87,473 Cupcakeses, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 345,250 per year while the poor average 15,014, a ratio of 23.0 to 1.

Naturists are jailed regularly for indecent exposure, the government is reining in public spending, marketing departments of corporate giants compete to sponsor little league teams, and aspiring pilots must be personally vetted by the Minister of Transportation before receiving their license. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force. Karison's national animal is the Ant, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Karison is ranked 300,094^th in the world and 40^th in THE SUPER POWERS for Longest Average Lifespans, with 56.49 years.