The Empire of AOTAH is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Arze with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, soft-spoken computers, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 10.23 billion AOTAHians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Citadel 17 The underworld. The average income tax rate is 84.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient AOTAHian economy, worth a remarkable 1,206 trillion Paper scraps 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 slick, highly efficient, highly specialized black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. 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 117,932 Paper scraps, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Counter-Terrorism Unit has been nicknamed "Big Bad Wolf" for its tendency towards urban demolition, juries deliberate more than magic 8-balls, dog owners proudly declare that their pups can predict when the mailman will arrive, and twice-daily toilet inspection rotas for government buildings are archived for public appraisal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. AOTAH's national animal is the Panda, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

AOTAH is ranked 280,503^rd in the world and 24^th in Sky Haven for Most Cultured, scoring 56 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.