The Federation of Cartrexia is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its pith helmet sales, national health service, and frequent executions. The hard-working, cynical population of 353 million Cartrexians 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 Healthcare, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cartrex City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 32.1%.

The powerhouse Cartrexian economy, worth 29.6 trillion sancoins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 83,855 sancoins, with the richest citizens earning 6.2 times as much as the poorest.

Well-off serial killers write monthly checks to avoid jail time, new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Cartrexia to be bombproof, minorities play dumb to get more welfare payments, and commercial jingles have been ham-handedly forced into world renowned symphonies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cartrexia's national animal is the lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cartrexia is ranked 84,720^th in the world and 156^th in Karma for Nicest Citizens, with 14.64 average smiles per day.