The Backroad Bystander of Adkissa is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by the Executive Chairman with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 5.004 billion Adkissans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jacona. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 63.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Adkissan economy, worth 563 trillion Adkissan Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 112,695 Adkissan Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 326,850 per year while the poor average 30,774, a ratio of 10.6 to 1.

Convicted crypto-miners are sent to the salt mines, the path to inner peace is paved with state-mandated punishment, burnt-out forty-foot-tall wicker men dot the countryside, and The Jacona State Museum is said to be haunted by ghastly musicians playing 'Nearer Violet to Thee'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Adkissa's national animal is the White Butterfly, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Adkissa is ranked 173,792^nd in the world and 19^th in Blue Ridge for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 136.24 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.