The Knights of Polaris of Ardentus is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Immortal with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful population of 19.917 billion Ardentians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Polaris. The average income tax rate is 93.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ardentusian economy, worth a remarkable 3,394 trillion Caps a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 170,439 Caps, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Exterminators swarm Ardentusian homes, the thrash metal version of the national anthem is topping charts, kindhearted Ardentians generously pay taxes for citizens of other countries, and diplomats miss flights while wandering The Polaris Airport's endless art maze. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ardentus's national animal is the Radstag, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Auroranism.

Ardentus is ranked 18,189^th in the world and 4^th in The Fallout Wasteland for Highest Average Incomes, with 170,439.05 Standard Monetary Units.