The Colony of Card2026 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, enslaved workforce, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 3.008 billion Card2026ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 35.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Card2026ian economy, worth 311 trillion Idiws 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 large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Tourism. 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 103,582 Idiws, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Card2026ian tourists are banned from many nations due to their tendency to randomly explode, the election for Leader's office's janitor is heating up, the state is footing the bill for billionaires' lawyers, and the dish 'poisson avec poison' is only available on the black market. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Card2026's national animal is the NANA, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Card2026 is ranked 270,872^nd in the world and 10,253^rd in Balder for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -9.86 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.