The Confederation of Karpler is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Albert Miller with a fair hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, daily referendums, and parental licensing program. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.219 billion Karplerians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sarinburg. The average income tax rate is 90.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Karplerian economy, worth a remarkable 1,438 trillion Luras a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 175,057 Luras, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Court verdicts are predictable to within a hundredth of a percentage point, nothing is as sacred as fermented soybean paste, foreigners "adopt" rotund Mammoths to line the pockets of wildlife sanctuaries, and public transit is widely considered to be perpetrating the patriarchy. Crime is totally unknown. Karpler's national animal is the Mammoth, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Karpler is ranked 9,912^th in the world and 220^th in The North Pacific for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 7 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.