The Paused Incinerator of Card Cleaver is a huge, safe nation, notable for its digital currency, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 743 million Card Cleavers 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 government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bardcoard. The average income tax rate is 69.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Cleavage economy, worth 67.8 trillion card scaps a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 91,187 card scaps, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, the law forbids arson, murder, and low-quality cheese, literature classes frequently go on field trips to rock concerts, and pieces of iron pyrite are believed to be worth their weight in gold. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Card Cleaver's national animal is the paper tiger, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Card Cleaver is ranked 257,898^th in the world and 30^th in Trading Cards for Most Primitive, scoring -179.19 on the Scary Big Number Scale.