The Summer dying Karrot of Karatana is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Kaiser Scansia with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, daily referendums, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed population of 13.274 billion Karatanans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Scansia. The average income tax rate is 67.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Karatanan economy, worth a remarkable 1,441 trillion Rubleses a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 108,580 Rubleses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's leader is normally just referred to as "snuggle-wuggle-huggy-bear", more sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people, frat-house partying has become the national pastime, and doctors spend more time writing sick notes than caring for the sick. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Karatana's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Scanism.

Karatana is ranked 20,522^nd in the world and 3^rd in Montealba for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 276.14 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.