The Republic of Akshinsky District is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its digital currency, ritual sacrifices, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-working, cynical population of 514 million Akshinsky Districtians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 50.9%.

The powerhouse Akshinsky Districtian economy, worth 50.9 trillion Ducats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Average income is 98,967 Ducats, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 418,164 per year while the poor average 15,154, a ratio of 27.6 to 1.

Returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion, sick Akshinsky Districtians are hair today and gone tomorrow, riot police are stationed around paintings of violent protestors, and modesty is treated with the side-eye. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Akshinsky District's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Akshinsky District is ranked 65,798^th in the world and 350^th in Novaya Zemlya for Highest Average Incomes, with 98,967.66 Standard Monetary Units.