The Federation of Karolingia is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by President Gorman Heisenberger with an even hand, and remarkable for its strictly enforced bedtime, unlimited-speed roads, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful population of 25.105 billion Karolingians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aachen. The average income tax rate is 96.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Karolingian economy, worth a remarkable 3,033 trillion writs a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 120,845 writs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bike rage is all the rage, kids building model rockets in their backyard are grounded by Space Agency Rangers, the nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks, and there's a hole in the heart of every Karolingian city. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karolingia's national animal is the hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Democracy.

Karolingia is ranked 2,596^th in the world and 1^st in The Supreme Union for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 10,984.33 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.