The Society of Card Gardens is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Giovanniland with an even hand, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed population of 8.71 billion Gardeners are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of World Collection Center. The average income tax rate is 57.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Gardener economy, worth 751 trillion Cards a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 86,264 Cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Extreme hiring regulations mean a job in Card Gardens is often a lifetime appointment, the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around World Collection Center, TV coverage of music festivals consists mostly of backstage interviews, and children as young as six shock their parents by coming out of the closet. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Card Gardens's national animal is the Gardens, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Card Farming.

Card Gardens is ranked 49,589^th in the world and 2^nd in Card Gardens for Lowest Crime Rates, with 74.29 law-abiding acts per hour.