The Arling of Qarkash is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Arl Koris vos Tygas with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory military service. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 15.777 billion Qarkashians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tedis. The average income tax rate is 27.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Qarkashian economy, worth a remarkable 1,189 trillion kamas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. Average income is 75,394 kamas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Money that should have gone to charities is instead spent on monitoring them, schoolchildren on field trips are asked what torture means to them, heavy industry must go to expensive lengths to dispose of waste, and the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Qarkash's national animal is the boar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Maumiqism.

Qarkash is ranked 188,804^th in the world and 3^rd in New California Republic for Fattest Citizens, with 9.53 Obesity Rate.