The Democracy of Karsistor is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Karios with an even hand, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, state-planned economy, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.738 billion Karsistorians 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 Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Karsis. The average income tax rate is 81.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Karsistori economy, worth 679 trillion Kitans 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 118,491 Kitans, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is said that the captain goes down with the ship but ecological protection goes up, large wigs have been banned for having racist implications, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, and one can wake up in Karsistor and have breakfast in Bigtopia. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karsistor's national animal is the Tardigrade, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Karsistor is ranked 309,762^nd in the world and 12,083^rd in Balder for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -19.51 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.