The State of Kaurdelantedust is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by His Excellency President Ulrich Weimann with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, avowedly heterosexual populace, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.536 billion Kaurdians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Machtort. The average income tax rate is 86.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Kaurdian economy, worth 297 trillion Kaurdian Pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 193,386 Kaurdian Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

The military maintains a fierce arsenal of 'Cure Missiles', jailbreaking is the best-selling book category of the year, breastfeeding mothers are replacing smokers to loiter outside the workplace, and religious households enthusiastically use whips in private. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kaurdelantedust's national animal is the Kaurdian Penguin, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Kaurdelantedust is ranked 102,952^nd in the world and 65^th in Philosophers for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 2,273.42 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.