The Democracy of Karsistor is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Karios with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.869 billion Karsistorians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Karsis. The average income tax rate is 80.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Karsistori economy, worth 717 trillion Kitans 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 122,245 Kitans, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The saying "when pigs fly" has been changed to "when the lights work", cosmopolitan citizens ask what their countries can do for them, it is not politically correct to suspect that a serially convicted burglar might steal again, and drones are unable to lift the weight of their accompanying paperwork. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karsistor's national animal is the Tardigrade, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Karsistor is ranked 10,722^nd in the world and 662^nd in Balder for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 5,270.75 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.