The Ivory Tower of Adantine is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Erenel Elkentar with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 9.542 billion Adanti enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Adamant. The average income tax rate is 72.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Adantian economy, worth a remarkable 1,701 trillion Hand-made Baskets a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 178,325 Hand-made Baskets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The pursuit of wanted criminals ends at the entrance of the pay'n'spray garage as police refuse to enter any private property, Blackacrean security services are wondering why Erenel Elkentar is so fond of the numbers 6, 7 and 9, elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation, and hay has been added to school cafeteria menus. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Adantine's national animal is the друг, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Elkentarim.

Adantine is ranked 15,893^rd in the world and 220^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 3,917.87 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.