The United Empire of Carica is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Johnbill Buckdale with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 2.831 billion Caricans 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 Administration, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carpilia. The average income tax rate is 75.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Carican economy, worth 280 trillion colars a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 99,100 colars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children must be board certified to append "Jr" to their name, libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars, psychiatrists bizarrely accompany Johnbill Buckdale to meetings with foreign heads of state, and Carica successfully hosted the Arctica Olympics. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carica's national animal is the Whale Shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Carica is ranked 222,838^th in the world and 47^th in Arctica for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 24,675.96 Standard Monetary Units.