The Federation of HorseAndCart is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 583 million HorseAndCartians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Welfare, with Education, Healthcare, and International Aid also on the agenda, while Spirituality receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 55.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant HorseAndCartian economy, worth 9.55 trillion lire 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, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Cheese Exports, Woodchip Exports, and Pizza Delivery. 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 16,380 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Inter-species marriages are ignored by the government. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. HorseAndCart's national animal is the turtle.

HorseAndCart is ranked 197,803^rd in the world and 157^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Highest Economic Output, with 9.55 trillion Standard Monetary Units.