The Equitable Free Society of Aionia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Aionian Leadership Council with an even hand, and renowned for its national health service, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 16.241 billion Aionians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cathodica. The average income tax rate is 94.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Aionian economy, worth a remarkable 1,687 trillion Aionic Centums 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 Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 103,891 Aionic Centums, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Ministry of Health has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of delayed menopause, literature classes frequently go on field trips to rock concerts, sales of trenchcoats are on the rise, and modelling agencies send their clients to work in nursing homes. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aionia's national animal is the Aionian forest cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aionia is ranked 263,590^th in the world and 12,341^st in the South Pacific for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring -273.59 on the Hayek Index.