The Borderlands of Card Demon 168 is a mammoth, orderly nation, notable for its ritual sacrifices, daily referendums, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.075 billion Card Demon 168ians 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 Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 80.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Card Demon 168ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,196 trillion Souls a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 148,232 Souls, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

People transfer their assets to bank accounts in Manamana before getting divorced, immigrants who don't like the taste of Card Demon 168ian Turnip Chips are immediately deported, there's more pink stuff on sale these days, and minorities play dumb to get more welfare payments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Card Demon 168's national animal is the Goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Card Demon 168 is ranked 18,030^th in the world and 60^th in The Underworld of Hell for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 55.45 on the Kitten Softness Rating.