The Reborn States of Karnea is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by President Movera with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.621 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, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Karnopolisian. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Karnean economy, worth a remarkable 2,305 trillion Karns a year, is highly 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 amazing 217,103 Karns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It's a long jump to get onto the housing ladder, President Movera's speeches are beloved by insomniacs, the education system is being cleansed of all corporate influence, and minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. 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 1,026^th in the world and 37^th in Europe for Most Developed, scoring 98.55 on the Human Development Index.