The Ivory Tower of Adantine is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Erenel Elkentar with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 9.124 billion Adanti are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Adamant. The average income tax rate is 69.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Adantian economy, worth a remarkable 1,682 trillion Hand-made Baskets 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 large, well-organized black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. 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 184,427 Hand-made Baskets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Editorials that criticize the government are legally obligated to display the "pants on fire" warning, human tissue is grown in vats as a delicacy as well as for transplants, jury selection begins with explaining what a jury is, and counselors diagnose their clients with motherboard complexes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Adantine's national animal is the друг, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Elkentarim.

Adantine is ranked 2,997^th in the world and 132^nd in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 210 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.