The Matriarchy of Aduain is a huge, genial nation, ruled by Wednesday with a fair hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 990 million Aduainians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Witchlyn. The average income tax rate is 70.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Aduainian economy, worth 47.5 trillion Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 47,953 Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Back-alley circumcision clinics are popping up all over the nation, cops in Witchlyn spend much of their time napping on a park bench next to Embassy Row, Aduainian novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about Wednesday, and citizens partake in escapades with creatures of the night. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aduain's national animal is the Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Aduain is ranked 44,645^th in the world and 711^th in The East Pacific for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 5,431.93 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.