The Borderland Queendom of Karistina is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Karistina Rajem with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 47.584 billion Karistinans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — is primarily concerned with Environment, with Education, Healthcare, and Public Transport also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Industry aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rajem. The income tax rate is 100%.

The large but stagnant Karistinan economy, worth 896 trillion marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is 18,824 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Universities spend millions cultivating ivy on their buildings, back-alley holistic doctors carry crystals in long trench coats, any secret that gets off someone's chest is promptly replaced, and no one questions why the chicken crossed the road anymore. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karistina's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Karistina is ranked 362^nd in the world and 1^st in Bisexual for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 147 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.