The Federal Republic of Cardov is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Consul Carsten Brenner with an even hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, pith helmet sales, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 13.63 billion Cardovians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt government is dominated by the Department of Defense, although Administration, Industry, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Warsaw. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Cardovian economy, worth a remarkable 3,023 trillion Schrits a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an amazing 221,842 Schrits, with the richest citizens earning 8.7 times as much as the poorest.

The government is lending a hand to private industry, complaining about Christmas music in October is a ho-ho-horrendous crime, plain-clothes police officers follow Dàguó tourists everywhere they go, and escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Cardov's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Cardov is ranked 7,930^th in the world and 1^st in Trajan for Highest Average Incomes, with 221,842.3 Standard Monetary Units.