The Enlightened Republic of Aerika is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Bert Lander with an even hand, and renowned for its national health service, smutty television, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 1.853 billion Aerikans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Birchville. The average income tax rate is 91.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Aerikan economy, worth 228 trillion bits a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 123,237 bits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Loud Patriotic Music Day has been ranked the seventh best new holiday of the year, male politicians lose their jobs for staring too long at their female counterparts, only 'organics' are permitted to be citizens, and the navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aerika's national animal is the dire carebear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Invisible Pink Unicorn.

Aerika is ranked 15,225^th in the world and 452^nd in The North Pacific for Most Secular, with 80.85 Atheism Rate.