The Community of Karaib is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, complete lack of prisons, and public floggings. The compassionate, democratic population of 894 million Karayibyens love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 83.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Karayibyen economy, worth 84.0 trillion Kemes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is 93,928 Kemes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The military is researching proton packs and PK-meters to combat "unseen enemy forces", new pests have been imported into Karaib, visual acuity is worsening amongst teenagers, and all the playground's a stage for Karayibyen schoolchildren. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karaib's national animal is the Hummingbird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Karaib is ranked 64,535^th in the world and 1,514^th in The North Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 93,928.82 Standard Monetary Units.