The Colony of Central Ardonii is a huge, safe nation, notable for its digital currency, punitive income tax rates, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 860 million Central Ardoniians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 57.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Central Ardoniian economy, worth 37.4 trillion Diamonds a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. Average income is 43,511 Diamonds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law, several inches are being added to first class seating, increasing numbers of children in Central Ardonii have different eye and hair color to their supposed fathers, and the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Central Ardonii's national animal is the Ender Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Central Ardonii is ranked 62,242^nd in the world and 1,130^th in the Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,022.68 on the Gilded Widget Scale.