The Islamic Empire of Adab is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Tizqar III with an even hand, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, frequent executions, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 18.206 billion Adabians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Adab City. The average income tax rate is 98.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Adabian economy, worth a remarkable 2,844 trillion shekels a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 156,265 shekels, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Priests roam the streets with child-catcher nets, employers are never quite sure if graduates' qualifications have any merit or meaning, pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi, and one-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Adab's national animal is the sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Sunni Islam.

Adab is ranked 63,728^th in the world and 1,919^th in The North Pacific for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 4,768.25 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.