The Federal Kingdom of Nardin is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by King Stanislav III av Krajik with an even hand, and notable for its national health service, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 28.161 billion Nardiniks enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Krajik. The average income tax rate is 95.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Nardinik economy, worth a remarkable 4,821 trillion Nardinik thalers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 171,220 Nardinik thalers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Conscripts often volunteer for a second tour of duty so they can get a ticket to next year's Army Revue, bowling teams spend more time looking at their phones than the pins, newly synthesized elements' half-lives are a million times shorter than the time it takes to say their names, and Chekhov's guns are killing the entertainment budget. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nardin's national animal is the Skijic falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Nardinik Orthodoxy.

Nardin is ranked 2,537^th in the world and 48^th in Europe for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 24,703.41 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.