The Territorial Coverage of Lake Carnell is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Carnell Lake with a fair hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles. The democratic population of 6.51 billion Lake Carnellians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Environment also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Blitzburgh. The average income tax rate is 14.6%.

The Lake Carnellian economy, worth 371 trillion turnovers a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 56,993 turnovers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

The acceptance of acupuncture and other alternative therapies has needled the scientific community, soldiers' positions are given away by the glint of their bayonets, foreigners with shady pasts are fleeing the country, and code enforcement officers circle wealthy Lake Carnellians like vultures. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lake Carnell's national animal is the bruin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Pittsburgh's Goin' to the Super Bowl.

Lake Carnell is ranked 15,548^th in the world and 77^th in The Yamada Ryo Star Warriors for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 3 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.