The Communist dictatorship of Fardel is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Great Leader with an iron fist, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 2.838 billion Fardelians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Education also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Faradel city. The average income tax rate is 97.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Fardelian economy, worth 953 trillion Faradrubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 336,143 Faradrubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Invasive drug testing is now performed at elementary school sports days, bands of paramedics walk the streets looking for suspicious medical activity, biological warfare is used to solve small disagreements, and prolonged government investigations are a common revenge tactic among spurned significant others. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fardel's national animal is the fox, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Cult of the Leader.

Fardel is ranked 280,023^rd in the world and 6,148^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 28.56 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.