The Federative Socialist States of Aquelistan is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Randall Harkness with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, humorless population of 5.15 billion Aquelisians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Anjoushaven. The average income tax rate is 46.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Aquelisian economy, worth a remarkable 1,139 trillion Qens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 221,189 Qens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Aquelistan has been greatly criticised for its isolationist policies, fake designer clothes are shredded and burnt while many in the world don't have a shirt on their back, the nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks, and anti-environmentalist dissidents must beware of government plants in their midst. Crime is totally unknown. Aquelistan's national animal is the Frend bird, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Aquelistan is ranked 73,558^th in the world and 4,029^th in Lazarus for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,092.01 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.