The Republic of Card Farmer 13 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, frequent executions, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.011 billion Card Farmer 13ians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 74.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Card Farmer 13ian economy, worth 669 trillion cards 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 large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 133,687 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Giggling teens are asked to put their mouths on rubber dolls, unemployed mercenaries drift the country looking for new careers, small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, and an increasingly villainous series of sports coaches are demanding the national mascot's true identity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Card Farmer 13's national animal is the farming, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Card Farmer 13 is ranked 11,576^th in the world and 144^th in Birb for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens, with 56.96 Whatever.