The Imperium of Kardjali is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Empress Cirilla with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, smutty television, and national health service. The compassionate, cheerful population of 16.175 billion Kardjalians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Enoch. The average income tax rate is 99.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Kardjalian economy, worth a remarkable 4,154 trillion Sharisites a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 256,876 Sharisites, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's faithful often say there is a higher power watching over them, praying before a battle is a court-martial offence, Kardjalian police have to pay out of their own pockets for bulletproof vests, and the government has declared its commitment to multilateralism. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kardjali's national animal is the Blood Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is The Temple of Lalalej.

Kardjali is ranked 1,431^st in the world and 27^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 898.83 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.