The People's Republic of Karmasia is a very large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, cynical population of 195 million Karmatiks are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 71.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Karmasian economy, worth 13.7 trillion Kamarian Rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 70,460 Kamarian Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bins outnumber trees in city parks, the treehouse in Kamari Bear Park is the tallest building in Karmasia, incarcerated crime lords manage their empires from massage tables, and those who cut young children are told to cut it out. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karmasia's national animal is the Kamari Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Karmasia is ranked 47,523^rd in the world and 828^th in the South Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 28.65 flags saluted per person per day.