The Commonwealth of Carora is a mammoth, efficient nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, otherworldly petting zoo, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.367 billion Carorans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 78.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Caroran economy, worth 842 trillion echoes 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 114,412 echoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dissing one's former country is a prerequisite to apply for Caroran citizenship, public enemies often walk home with spotless garments and crime records, the government is proudly free of crabs, and government leaders testify at international tribunals on why the sun went out. Crime is totally unknown. Carora's national animal is the cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Carora is ranked 14,543^rd in the world and 325^th in The East Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 98 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.