The Explanation of The Card with the rules is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its teetotalling pirates, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.436 billion Card with the rulesians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 52.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Card with the rulesian economy, worth 806 trillion Banks a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 108,482 Banks, with the richest citizens earning 7.2 times as much as the poorest.

The government is continually probing the galaxy in search of alien life, binoculars sales are at an all-time high, suicide victims often leave behind cash to cover the cost of their fines, and the airship business has been driven out of the country by strict regulations and high fines. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Card with the rules's national animal is the Farmer, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Card with the rules is ranked 225,357^th in the world and 8,391^st in Lazarus for Highest Food Quality, scoring 9.72 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.