The Kiwi Bird Megaforest of Ordealius is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Samantha Talon with a fair hand, and renowned for its teetotalling pirates, compulsory vegetarianism, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 20.09 billion Ordealians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Environment, Administration, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nekolite Village. The average income tax rate is 97.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Ordealian economy, worth a remarkable 2,145 trillion kilis a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an impressive 106,815 kilis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Giving up when the going gets tough is all the rage, astronomers are flocking to Ordealius to take advantage of its clear night skies, leading ethologists are being investigated for illegal electoral interference, and children of nonreligious parents are often barred from school festival events. Crime is totally unknown. Ordealius's national animal is the Kiwi Bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Kiwi-ism.

Ordealius is ranked 320,623^rd in the world and 1^st in The Land of Bats and Nuggets for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 20.6 on the Bus Surprisal Index.