The Republic of Card Farmer 278 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons, zero percent divorce rate, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.221 billion Card Farmer 278ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 55.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Card Farmer 278ian economy, worth 981 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 135,872 cards, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 580,203 per year while the poor average 20,429, a ratio of 28.4 to 1.

Churches across the land are hurriedly installing auto-tune for their choirs, newly-peaceful nations are forced to use assault rifles as farming tools due to a lack of funds for purchasing anything else, the parliament building has installed a revolving door, and charities reserve the right to not help those who go against religious teachings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Card Farmer 278's national animal is the farming, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Card Farmer 278 is ranked 30,394^th in the world and 102^nd in Birb for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides, with 28.4 Rich To Poor Income Ratio.