The Star Empire of Amakul is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Praetor Kyr'am with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, smutty television, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 13.111 billion Amakulians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kelldraxe. The average income tax rate is 95.1%.

The all-consuming Amakulian economy, worth a remarkable 2,344 trillion ECS a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, highly specialized black market in Information Technology and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 178,814 ECS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is denying reports that criminals injected with experimental drugs have turned into monstrous supervillains, good-looking doctors are obliged by law to give foot rubs to Praetor Kyr'am, ship captains always order a return to port at the slightest sign of rain, and the doctor has cold hands. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Amakul's national animal is the Vexargre, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Slaaneshi.

Amakul is ranked 265,649^th in the world and 12,478^th in the South Pacific for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring -362.43 on the Hayek Index.