The People's Republic of Karlos is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Karlos with an even hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, conspicuous electricity pylons, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cheerful population of 23.451 billion Karlosians 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 — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Karlosville. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Karlosian economy, worth a remarkable 4,740 trillion Karlos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 202,140 Karlos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government forces Karlosians to eat their vegetables, every week is blindness awareness week, frequent flyers are chiseled into statues, and interest in globalism never flags. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karlos's national animal is the Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Karlos is ranked 977^th in the world and 18^th in Refugia for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 139.87 on the Kitten Softness Rating.