The Winter Sun of House Karstark is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and renowned for its suspicion of poets. The hard-working population of 20.893 billion House Karstarkians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Environment, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of House Karstark City. The average income tax rate is 46.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The House Karstarkian economy, worth 679 trillion Crowns a year, is quite specialized and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. Average income is 32,544 Crowns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

House Karstark has designated House Karstark City as its capital city and Leader has just been declared ruler of House Karstark in an international press conference. Crime is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. House Karstark's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

House Karstark is ranked 179,008^th in the world and 7,925^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 58.51 law-abiding acts per hour.