The Armed Republic of Cardmania90097 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.007 billion Cardmania90097ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 75.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cardmania90097ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,121 trillion Euros a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 192,747 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Wealthy parents-to-be can select their perfect baby, reports of arson have doubled since the introduction of a privatised fire protection service, the navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust, and reporters often lose their jobs over fact-checking errors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cardmania90097's national animal is the Giraffe, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Cardmania90097 is ranked 27,988^th in the world and 147^th in Lily for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 6,656.23 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.