The Ivory Tower of Adantine is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Erenel Elkentar with an even hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, daily referendums, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 9.456 billion Adanti enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Adamant. The average income tax rate is 71.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Adantian economy, worth a remarkable 1,716 trillion Hand-made Baskets 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 a slick, highly efficient black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. 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 impressive 181,574 Hand-made Baskets, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Immigrants who don't like the taste of Adantian Turnip Chips are immediately deported, the government's suicide hotline now redirects callers to local tax lawyers, the nation grinds to a halt for afternoon tea, and tax revenue is often intercepted by international accountants before ever seeing the national treasury. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Adantine's national animal is the друг, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Elkentarim.

Adantine is ranked 75,531^st in the world and 3,741^st in Lazarus for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 14,544.97 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.