The Autonomous Peoples of South Ardelan is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Peoples Delegate with a fair hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.609 billion Ardelanians 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, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of the Red Train. The average income tax rate is 95.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Ardelanian economy, worth 297 trillion Values a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 113,962 Values, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The treehouse in Crow Park is the tallest building in South Ardelan, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, the nation is wading into dangerous waters, and the nation is currently revamping its entire education system. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. South Ardelan's national animal is the Crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Omnipotence.

South Ardelan is ranked 280,933^rd in the world and 1,247^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Patriotic, with 0.51 flags saluted per person per day.