The Republic of Card Island is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce, ritual sacrifices, and compulsory gun ownership. The cynical, devout population of 6.999 billion Card Islandians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 52.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Card Islandian economy, worth 931 trillion Pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 133,136 Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Devotion to God is only skin-deep, women don't report crimes to the emergency services for fear of being arrested, trade policy consists of ganging up on the new guy, and edutainment video games are taking Card Island's students to the next level. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Card Island's national animal is the Sand Pancake Lizard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Card Island is ranked 27,575^th in the world and 103^rd in The grimy backyard of Bigej for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 231.91 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.