The Reborn States of Karnea is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by President Masacon with a fair hand, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, ban on automobiles, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.641 billion Karneans 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, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Karnopolisian. The average income tax rate is 96.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Karnean economy, worth a remarkable 1,014 trillion Karns a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 179,820 Karns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume, a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park, a vast monorail network carries people all over the country, and there's no representation without taxation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karnea's national animal is the Eurasian Lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is No National Religion.

Karnea is ranked 6,329^th in the world and 136^th in Europe for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 58.24 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.