The Republic of Cardenism is a very large, genial nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and frequent executions. The compassionate, democratic population of 351 million Cardenismians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 75.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Cardenismian economy, worth 13.1 trillion Cardenismian Pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Basket Weaving. Average income is 37,302 Cardenismian Pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People with dyslexia are told to tough through it, celebrities sit helplessly as they are labeled "pompous womples" by Leader, citizens are required to report any and all incidents of prayer to their local Religious Affairs Officer, and Occam's razor has sliced to pieces any childhood belief in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cardenism's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Cardenism is ranked 186,866^th in the world and 161^st in Aesica for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 37.3 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.