The Community of Tarduin is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Riki The Tired Leader with an even hand, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 5.989 billion Tarduinians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Grand Capital of Gersinskor. The average income tax rate is 80.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tarduinian economy, worth a remarkable 1,094 trillion Gelsioks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 182,822 Gelsioks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Artists are pillars of society, the nationalised Arms Manufacturing Industry is not interested in making weapons, commemorative mugs remembering last year's Black Friday Crockery Riots are a best seller this year, and the army lives rent-free in foreigners' heads and houses. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tarduin's national animal is the Rat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is there is none.

Tarduin is ranked 7,634^th in the world and 371^st in Osiris for Smartest Citizens, with 107.09 quips per hour.