The Kingdom of Ardelark aka of Arklanda is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by PM Rauy Daoud with an even hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles, national health service, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 7.059 billion Ardelarkians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Administration, Environment, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mintaka. The average income tax rate is 94.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Ardelarkian economy, worth 766 trillion Kwarts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 108,553 Kwarts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government offers gay men mildly offensive tips on how to pass as straight, home renovation projects take decades to complete, government-sponsored WiFi allows farmers to rant about city folks in real time, and no one questions why the chicken crossed the road anymore. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arklanda's national animal is the Sand Cat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Islam.

Arklanda is ranked 23,435^th in the world and 1^st in Realm for Smartest Citizens, with 63.58 quips per hour.