The Kingdom of The Thirteen Thunder Dragons is a tiny, safe nation, remarkable for its absence of drug laws, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 16 million Carats enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 68.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The fragile Carat economy, worth 373 billion Carats a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 23,325 Carats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Passionate nomination battles are often as intense as general elections, female newsreaders distract the nation by breastfeeding during broadcast, surveillance cameras are banned, and the government is proudly free of crabs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Thirteen Thunder Dragons's national animal is the Horanghae, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Thirteen Thunder Dragons is ranked 43,300^th in the world and 1,102^nd in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 74 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.