The Federal Kingdom of Nardin is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by King Stanislav III av Krajik with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and national health service. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 28.056 billion Nardiniks enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Krajik. The average income tax rate is 95.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Nardinik economy, worth a remarkable 4,787 trillion Nardinik thalers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 170,648 Nardinik thalers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Street cleaners are noticeably glum during jubilee celebrations, Krajik's back alleys are rife with sausage eating, re-education centers are being added to most prisons, and promising seven years of bad luck leads to seven years of community service. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nardin's national animal is the Skijic falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Nardinik Orthodoxy.

Nardin is ranked 2,129^th in the world and 56^th in Europe for Most Cultured, scoring 257 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.