The United Kingdom of Caroline John is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Liz Shaw with an iron fist, and remarkable for its aversion to nipples, smutty television, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.447 billion Britons are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 44.8%.

The powerhouse British economy, worth 283 trillion pounds a year, is led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 82,313 pounds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 240,471 per year while the poor average 22,250, a ratio of 10.8 to 1.

Bicycle parking sheds have sprouted like mushrooms near rail stations after cars were banned, pedestrians are advised to avoid wearing red while crossing the street, ethnic minorities are often refused admission to some of the nation's best schools, and organ donation is compulsory. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Caroline John's national animal is the auton, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Caroline John is ranked 18,410^th in the world and 6^th in The Companions for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 5,215.72 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.