The Democracy of Karsistor is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Karios with a fair hand, and notable for its national health service, ritual sacrifices, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.945 billion Karsistorians 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 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 Karsis. The average income tax rate is 82.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Karsistori economy, worth 742 trillion Kitans a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 124,884 Kitans, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

1% of global paper production is bound for the National Archive, most pop videos prominently feature the Karsistori flag, school kids who pretend to drive imaginary cars get a social worker and a police observer assigned to them, and the nation's economic policies have a narrow area of effect. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karsistor's national animal is the Tardigrade, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Karsistor is ranked 310,329^th in the world and 16,200^th in Balder for Rudest Citizens, with 8.59 insults per minute.