The Communist dictatorship of Fardel is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Great Leader with an iron fist, and remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, state-planned economy, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 2.777 billion Fardelians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Education also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Faradel city. The average income tax rate is 97.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Fardelian economy, worth 919 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 331,148 Faradrubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pet owners must make a payment if their charges leave a deposit, conspiracy theorists allege that the government is spying on them through their carbon monoxide detectors, on-call doctors who check their pagers during movies are banned from cinemas for life, and deli patrons examine their roast beef for undetonated explosives. 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 167,158^th in the world and 4,089^th in The North Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 503.93 pounds of wildlife per square mile.