The United Empire of Carica is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Johnbill Buckdale with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 2.901 billion Caricans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carpilia. The average income tax rate is 75.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Carican economy, worth 286 trillion colars a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 98,798 colars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Code enforcement officers circle wealthy Caricans like vultures, brave curators do battle with disorganised government libraries, street preachers spend more time condemning government bureaucracy than passers-by, and children are brainwashed at a young age to accept "love and peace!" as a way of life. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carica's national animal is the Whale Shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Carica is ranked 8,070^th in the world and 3^rd in Arctica for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 2,078.89 on the Clooney Contribution Index.