The Holy Empire of Afkun Empire is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by King Vladimir I with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, rampant corporate plagiarism, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.706 billion Afkunians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Afkunia. The average income tax rate is 66.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Afkun Empirean economy, worth 787 trillion Afkani Pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 167,444 Afkani Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

National stress about the waning heir-line is causing a rise in alopecia, online terrorists are automatically assigned adverts for cheap balaclavas, only fully-fledged members of MENSA are allowed to vote, and billions of Afkani Pounds are spent to take high-quality photos of the White Bear Nebula. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Afkun Empire's national animal is the White Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Afkuni Catholicism.

Afkun Empire is ranked 161,685^th in the world and 26^th in Trica for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,229.29 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.