The Republic of Cardinales is a titanic, cultured nation, notable for its zero percent divorce rate, smutty television, and enforced nudity. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 22.881 billion Cardinalesians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cardinales City. The average income tax rate is 97.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Cardinalesian economy, worth a remarkable 7,787 trillion Martis a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 340,359 Martis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property, social media sites prompt users to send birthday greetings to unresponsive nonagenarians, every spring railroad foundations erode to reveal human remains, and seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma. Crime is totally unknown. Cardinales's national animal is the Cardinal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cardinales is ranked 2,861^st in the world and 14^th in Genesius Union for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 23,110.55 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.