The Mysterious Airship of King Carl is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Leader with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, lack of airports, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 44.224 billion King Carlians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while Environment and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of King Carl City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient King Carlian economy, worth an astonishing 26,842 trillion lats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, Retail, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 606,971 lats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,075,283 per year while the poor average 130,520, a ratio of 15.9 to 1.

The climate agreement has actually increased the volume of hot air in the atmosphere, hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock", ten thousand King Carlian soldiers recently invaded a nation occupied by two senior citizens and a dachshund, and getting your license is a rite of passage for young adults. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. King Carl's national animal is the great leopard, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is a major religion.

King Carl is ranked 157,295^th in the world and 1^st in Hattrick for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 1,398.15 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.