The United States of Akardie is a huge, genial nation, notable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 257 million Akardieans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 66.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Akardiean economy, worth 2.25 trillion guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. Average income is 8,750 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League, citizens are remarkably well involved in the political process, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, and using "inspect element" is grounds for espionage charges. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Akardie's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Akardie is ranked 243,229^th in the world and 10,538^th in Osiris for Largest Populations, with 257 million capita.