The Democratic Cart States of Carting land is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Barrett Smith with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 11.179 billion Cart landians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of StackPort. The average income tax rate is 74.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Carting landian economy, worth a remarkable 1,524 trillion Dollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 136,377 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

In court almost every witness is a hostile witness, children often kick Dolphins for amusement, battlefield gains are quickly lost when enemies don't respect a time-out, and both criminals and civilians are DOA. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Carting land's national animal is the Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Carting land is ranked 40,703^rd in the world and 2,519^th in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 77.4 law-abiding acts per hour.