The Party Celebrater of Ardu is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Marek Valo with a fair hand, and notable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.154 billion Arduans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ardaven. The average income tax rate is 74.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Arduan economy, worth 142 trillion DFS a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 123,837 DFS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Social networking sites have discussion groups devoted to planning terrorist attacks, mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, the navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust, and parents often leave their kids in the car while they attend mindfulness meditation sessions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ardu's national animal is the Bandit Shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is A nameless religion that pre-dates Ardu.

Ardu is ranked 276,822^nd in the world and 26^th in Aurora League for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides, with 1.49 Rich To Poor Income Ratio.