The State of Cartereti is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 28.896 billion Carteretians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 27.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Carteretian economy, worth 941 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Pizza Delivery, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 32,584 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The Governor has just been declared ruler of Cartereti in an international press conference, a major religion has been named as Cartereti's national religion, almost half of the child population live rough on the streets, and police struggle to solve crimes due to the lack of fingerprint records. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cartereti's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cartereti is ranked 169,211^th in the world and 4^th in Beijing for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 57.53 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.