The Carcino-Geneticist of Karkat Vantas is a mammoth, orderly nation, renowned for its frequent executions, daily referendums, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 8.415 billion Karkat Vantasians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 38.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Karkat Vantasian economy, worth 602 trillion grists a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 71,606 grists, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The diplomatic corps stinks, the thin blue line is composed of picketing police officers demanding better pensions, citizens try to pass off bottlecaps they found in their backyards as historical artifacts, and foreign musicians that Leader dislikes are turned away at the border. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karkat Vantas's national animal is the crab, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Karkat Vantas is ranked 103,256^th in the world and 7^th in Homestuck for Lowest Crime Rates, with 67.5 law-abiding acts per hour.