The Confederacy of Ardedezarist is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Rufus with a fair hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.571 billion Ardedezaristians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Conțești. The average income tax rate is 38.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Ardedezaristian economy, worth 239 trillion Silvers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 152,710 Silvers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Hundreds of thousands of convicts work as slaves in Ardedezarist's many privately-owned prisons, children often explain to their parents that the Mega Ultimate Sword Fist was worth the thousand-Silver charge on their phone bill, parking's carefree without parking car fees, and everyone has the equal opportunity to have their wallet stolen. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ardedezarist's national animal is the horse, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Religious pluralism.

Ardedezarist is ranked 14,894^th in the world and 40^th in New Western Empire for Most Valuable International Artwork, with 19.38 Bank.