The People's Republic of Ae iou is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its state-planned economy and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 1.072 billion Ae iouans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 34.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Ae iouan economy, worth 10.4 trillion bitcoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 9,692 bitcoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ae iou's national animal is the horse.

Ae iou is ranked 277,655^th in the world and 2^nd in Islands of unity for Smartest Citizens, with 17.5 quips per hour.