The Kiwi Bird Megaforest of Ordealius is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Samantha Talon with an even hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, devout population of 19.938 billion Ordealians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Environment, Administration, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nekolite Village. The average income tax rate is 96.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Ordealian economy, worth a remarkable 2,094 trillion kilis a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an impressive 105,052 kilis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Brave curators do battle with disorganised government libraries, posters on 'Ordealian Values' advise against being proud of Ordealius, umbrellas are back in fashion, and the nation's generous tax credits have brought all the film studios to the yard. Crime is totally unknown. Ordealius's national animal is the Kiwi Bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Kiwi-ism.

Ordealius is ranked 5,505^th in the world and 2^nd in The Land of Bats and Nuggets for Most Cultured, scoring 150 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.