The Realm of Abdu is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Jamal with an iron fist, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, smutty television, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.376 billion Abduans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, 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 Jelkala. The average income tax rate is 84.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Abduan economy, worth 701 trillion bronze coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 160,340 bronze coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Water fights now end with thousands dead, traffic jams are a common sight due to construction work from a massive overhaul of the nation's freeways, school lockers are filled with fancy underwear, and talkative students are escorted from schools in second-hand prison buses. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Abdu's national animal is the Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is väenusko.

Abdu is ranked 277,607^th in the world and 5^th in Abgano for Nicest Citizens, with 0.42 average smiles per day.