The Parduqex Denis of Arduo is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Petroyz Maurs Vi Banel with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, pith helmet sales, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.07 billion Pardis are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Polarot. The average income tax rate is 3.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pardivan economy, worth a remarkable 1,953 trillion shimis a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an impressive 193,942 shimis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Infantry are nicknamed "mushrooms" because they get fed crap and are left in the dark, sending sick politicians "Get Well Soon" cards is considered bribery, chewing tree bark proves to have limited value during childbirth, and Big Belly is watching you. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Arduo's national animal is the aurk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Enfan v Traw.

Arduo is ranked 8,385^th in the world and 7^th in Union of Christian Nations for Largest Mining Sector, scoring 11,693.17 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.