The Republic of Ardakoth is a very large, cultured nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 435 million Ardakothans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Orane. The average income tax rate is 56.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Ardakothan economy, worth 28.0 trillion Ardakothan Florins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is 64,316 Ardakothan Florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Starving citizens are offered nuclear pasta, lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you', visiting the best Ardakothan restaurants requires keeping a visa on file, and Ardakoth has designated Orane as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ardakoth's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ardakoth is ranked 300,271^st in the world and 2,511^th in The East Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 19.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.