The Emirate of Card Demon 285 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its daily referendums, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.988 billion Card Demon 285ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 76.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Card Demon 285ian economy, worth 676 trillion Souls 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 slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. 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 135,589 Souls, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The urinary fragrance of seedier establishments is thankfully hidden by the smell of stale smoke, terrorist videos start by thanking their sponsors, mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, and surveillance cameras are banned. 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 285's national animal is the Goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Card Demon 285 is ranked 213,813^th in the world and 541^st in The Underworld of Hell for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 817.59 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.