The Place of Adavan is a gargantuan, genial nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, keen interest in outer space, and soft-spoken computers. The compassionate, cheerful population of 21.244 billion Adavanians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large government is primarily concerned with Education, although Healthcare, Social Policy, and Environment are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bearlin. The average income tax rate is 96.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Adavanian economy, worth a remarkable 3,910 trillion Pennies 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 and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 184,073 Pennies, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many parents are becoming frustrated with their children's choices in spouses, jabbing a baby's bottle at officials gets parents waved straight through immigration, Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume, and the art of conversation has been rediscovered. Crime is totally unknown. Adavan's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Adavan is ranked 229,875^th in the world and 7,731^st in The East Pacific for Most Armed, with 0.12 Weapons Per Person.