The Confederacy of Karth River is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Jarl Hrolfdir with an iron fist, and renowned for its teetotalling pirates, ban on automobiles, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.258 billion Karthians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Karth Crossing. The average income tax rate is 38.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Karth Riverian economy, worth a remarkable 2,042 trillion septims a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 181,444 septims, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

The government has cut its subsidies for all special interest groups, wildlife near farms is slowly becoming extinct, uploading purple prose to social media earns a place on a government watchlist, and owning a tractor is widely regarded as an essential prerequisite to most government positions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karth River's national animal is the dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Nine Divines.

Karth River is ranked 33,328^th in the world and 1^st in The Democratic Order of Danburg for Lowest Crime Rates, with 80.8 law-abiding acts per hour.