The Anomaly of Karolien is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Lady Karolien with a fair hand, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 27.73 billion Karoliens love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Public Transport. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Karoliena. The average income tax rate is 72.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Karoliena economy, worth 170 trillion Euros a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Furniture Restoration industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 6,124 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, The Worship of Karolien has been named as Karolien's national religion, Karolien has designated Karoliena as its capital city, and Lady Karolien has just been declared ruler of Karolien in an international press conference. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karolien's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Worship of Karolien.

Karolien is ranked 28,394^th in the world and 1^st in New SHIELD for Least Corrupt Governments, with 94.07 percentage of bribes refused.