The Reborn States of Karnea is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by President Masacon with a fair hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, national health service, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.634 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 1,012 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 179,733 Karns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Karnea's radio stations, five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars, Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume, and a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park. 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 284,303^rd in the world and 1,355^th in Europe for Most Patriotic, with 0.4 flags saluted per person per day.