The Confederation of Karpler is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Albert Miller with a fair hand, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.986 billion Karplerians, 3.793 billion of whom are zombies, 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 90.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Karplerian economy, worth a remarkable 1,448 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 175,487 Luras, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nothing is as sacred as fermented soybean paste, foreigners "adopt" rotund Mammoths to line the pockets of wildlife sanctuaries, public transit is widely considered to be perpetrating the patriarchy, and all tribal children are set for life with guaranteed government jobs. Crime is totally unknown. Karpler's national animal is the Mammoth, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Karpler is ranked 190,789^th in the world and 3,006^th in The North Pacific for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 89.37 on the Clooney Contribution Index.