The Reborn States of Karnea is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by President Masacon with a fair hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, sprawling nuclear power plants, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.509 billion Karneans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Karnopolisian. The average income tax rate is 96.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Karnean economy, worth 972 trillion Karns a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 176,507 Karns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Even secular Karneans are shouting "Blessed are the cheesemakers!", male cubicle workers stand up every time a woman enters the room, party leaders rely on horoscopes to create "ticket balance", and real power lies not in the debating room but with those who decide what is debated. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karnea's national animal is the Eurasian Lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is No National Religion.

Karnea is ranked 4,712^th in the world and 75^th in Europe for Lowest Crime Rates, with 118.2 law-abiding acts per hour.