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The Kingdom of Cartiere is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Alan Bennett with an even hand, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, punitive income tax rates, and spontaneously combusting cars. The compassionate, hard-working population of 2.986 billion Cartiereans 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cartiere City. The average income tax rate is 74.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cartierean economy, worth 257 trillion Dollars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 86,321 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Cartiere is renowned for its lax gun laws, little kids often wonder why strange grown-ups are following them around the soft play areas, fire stations and hospitals can't deploy emergency vehicles because badly parked cars block them in, and Cartiere is notorious for its citizens' infidelity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cartiere's national animal is the Harpy Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is All Religions.

Cartiere is ranked 246,899^th in the world and 145^th in Declansburg for Most Primitive, scoring -109.2 on the Scary Big Number Scale.