The Colony of Not Ardonii is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 593 million Not Ardoniians 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 enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 65.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Not Ardoniian economy, worth 12.9 trillion Sterlings 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 Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Soda Sales. Average income is 21,828 Sterlings, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Divorce is illegal, rural communities are all but disenfranchised as politicians focus all their attention on winning the deciding urban votes, sleeping on the job is recommended, and Mr Happy's Funland has just been named Not Ardonii's new capital. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Not Ardonii's national animal is the Ender Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Not Ardonii is ranked 136,056^th in the world and 5,501^st in The North Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 474.47 on the Gilded Widget Scale.