The Confederacy of Carthegia is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, smutty television, and frequent executions. The quiet, industrious population of 295 million Carthegians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Imperium Carthegium Vetus Capitis. The average income tax rate is 42.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Carthegian economy, worth 24.7 trillion Carthens a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 83,796 Carthens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Giggling teens are asked to put their mouths on rubber dolls, the fire protection service is wholly government-funded, school football matches are usually five-a-side, and wildlife near farms is slowly becoming extinct. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Carthegia's national animal is the Trudeau, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Carthegia is ranked 190,019^th in the world and 2,171^st in 10000 Islands for Most Extreme, scoring 4.11 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.