The What's The Point Of This of Cardfordshire and Jammbo is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by TWP Snow Sage - Clarkov with an even hand, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 7.586 billion Cardfordshire and Jammboans are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yamaku. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.2%.

The very strong Cardfordshire and Jammboan economy, worth 470 trillion Delta Pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Book Publishing, and Gambling. Average income is 62,046 Delta Pounds, with the richest citizens earning 6.2 times as much as the poorest.

The Federal Council of Cardfordshire and Jammbo has been announced as the new Head of State, most households' childcare costs are higher than their mortgage payments, sports journals are full of uplifting puff-pieces on professional boxers, and the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force. Cardfordshire and Jammbo's national animal is the Double-Headed Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Desire To Delete Own Region.

Cardfordshire and Jammbo is ranked 180,478^th in the world and 28^th in Planet Jammbo for Lowest Crime Rates, with 58.38 law-abiding acts per hour.