The Kingdom of Cartures is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Maarten Paulus III with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.977 billion Carturesians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carturia. The average income tax rate is 95.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Carturesian economy, worth 904 trillion Floreijns a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 181,752 Floreijns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The richest individuals apparently buy nothing but noodles and toilet paper, war vets look after war animals, fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets, and shanty towns are forming in the suburbs of major cities. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cartures's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cartures is ranked 272,284^th in the world and 12,829^th in The North Pacific for Most Avoided, scoring 0.41 on the Kardashian Reflex Score.