The Finding of A Card is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its smutty television, compulsory military service, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.716 billion Cardians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 61.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Cardian economy, worth 771 trillion Banks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 114,820 Banks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality, serial commas clarify the relationship between one's lackeys, the taxpayers, and kinsfolk, weird or unusual crimes merit cruel and unusual punishments, and the might of the entire Cardian Navy is focused on fifty bemused spear-throwing islanders. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. A Card's national animal is the common, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

A Card is ranked 44,372^nd in the world and 2,697^th in Osiris for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 4,806.49 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.