The Republic of The Achericend is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by this guy I know with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.183 billion Achericendians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yrohpolis. The average income tax rate is 81.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Achericendian economy, worth 124 trillion Kronor a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 105,247 Kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mollycoddled youths run the country, all weapon research has been banned, traffic jams are a common sight due to construction work from a massive overhaul of the nation's freeways, and it is illegal for a parent to tell a child to stop eating their boogers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Achericend's national animal is the giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Achericend is ranked 10,989^th in the world and 306^th in the South Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 55.21 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.