The Imperial Duchy of Adikstan is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by The Grand Duke with an iron fist, and remarkable for its closed borders, free-roaming dinosaurs, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.756 billion Adikstanis are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Adikstania. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 73.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Adikstanian economy, worth 373 trillion Adikstani Pounds a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 135,651 Adikstani Pounds, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 698,081 per year while the poor average 14,397, a ratio of 48.5 to 1.

Caps with skulls on them are the height of fashion, reports of arson have doubled since the introduction of a privatised fire protection service, it's rare to find an unchewed pencil, and reddish-brown is the new black. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Adikstan's national animal is the Adikstani Black Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Traditional Christianity.

Adikstan is ranked 31,312^th in the world and 1^st in The Vanguard Sphere for Highest Average Incomes, with 135,651.09 Standard Monetary Units.