The Communist dictatorship of Fardel is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Great Leader with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, soft-spoken computers, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 2.758 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Administration, and Education are also considered important. 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 900 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 326,334 Faradrubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation has always been at war with Bigtopia, theatre audiences often need a telescope to see the stage, high school band practice is often crashed by technicolor-clad ravers, and colonial subjects have Fardelian culture shoved down their throats. 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 99,070^th in the world and 2,708^th in The North Pacific for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 3,364.38 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.