The State of Kaurdelantedust is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by His Excellency President Ulrich Weimann with an iron fist, and remarkable for its closed borders, free-roaming dinosaurs, and national health service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.517 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 85.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Kaurdian economy, worth 294 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 194,000 Kaurdian Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Only clowns with PhDs from clown college can advise His Excellency President Ulrich Weimann on Kaurdelantedust's coulrophobia epidemic, pharmaceutical companies emphatically promise that "your pills are in the mail" rather than admit any supply shortfall, politicians always seem to take two steps forward then three steps back, and politicians constantly ring their voters to remind them how good a job they're doing. 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 12,140^th in the world and 15^th in Philosophers for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 10,211.76 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.