The Colony of Card Bou 168 is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its avant-garde cinema, enslaved workforce, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 8.097 billion Card Bou 168ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The relatively small, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 42.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Card Bou 168ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,353 trillion Dollars 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 167,161 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

When their backs are against the walls Card Bou 168ians look out for gay men, understaffed slavers offer highballs when asked to 'pass the screwdriver' during household maintenance, a law degree is required before telling people not to drink and drive, and newspaper headlines proclaim something happened somewhere at a time. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Card Bou 168's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Card Bou 168 is ranked 316,734^th in the world and 1,036^th in Holmond Holdings for Safest, scoring 7.1 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.