The Democratic Free Republic of Karlando is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Karl McSwansson with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, soft-spoken computers, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 17.522 billion Karlandonians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Karlandonia City. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Karlandonan economy, worth a remarkable 3,241 trillion Krawas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 185,023 Krawas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, there's a bright dawn ahead for Karlando, and a bill to outlaw math homework has been submitted. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karlando's national animal is the Swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Swanism.

Karlando is ranked 289,136^th in the world and 823^rd in 10000 Islands for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -23.02 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.