The Colony of Resurrected Ardonii is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its disturbing lack of elderly people, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 277 million Resurrected Ardoniians enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 67.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Resurrected Ardoniian economy, worth 4.72 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 Retail industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. Average income is 17,031 Sterlings, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Fixing attendance at women's matches is a matter of "when they go low, we go high... funding", the armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists, red rinses are frequently applied to grey hair, and Leader is considering changing the Resurrected Ardoniian flag to one with more glitter. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Resurrected Ardonii's national animal is the Ender Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Resurrected Ardonii is ranked 140,977^th in the world and 5,365^th in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 438.23 on the Gilded Widget Scale.