The Free Land of Carly is a mammoth, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, smutty television, and enslaved workforce. The compassionate population of 8.982 billion Carlyians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 45.3%.

The Carlyian economy, worth 601 trillion florins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 67,003 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

Years of counter-terrorism planning are foiled by small details, virtual assistants are seen with increasing suspicion every time they get an upgrade, sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming, and government-sponsored gallows are being erected by Violetist temples. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carly's national animal is the giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Carly is ranked 279,235^th in the world and 103^rd in Serenity for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 25.33 on the Bus Surprisal Index.