The Kingdom of Wardie land is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Her Imperial Majesty the Queen Sophia I with an iron fist, and notable for its museums and concert halls, triple-decker prams, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 24.693 billion Wardians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Spirituality, and Industry also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New London. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Wardian economy, worth a remarkable 3,270 trillion Imperial Pounds 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 slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Gambling. 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 132,450 Imperial Pounds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 399,140 per year while the poor average 34,265, a ratio of 11.6 to 1.

Light entertainment shows are light on actual entertainment, kids refer to anything below the neck as "the parts that shall not be named", the government supplies ragtag bands of resistance fighters in exchange for vague promises of future payment, and military equipment stores have a tendency to go up in flames. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Wardie land's national animal is the Imperial Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Anglicanism.

Wardie land is ranked 14,705^th in the world and 435^th in Lazarus for Largest Black Market, with 291 trillion Standard Monetary Units.