The High Athelingric of Ataopia is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Asher Wiley with an iron fist, and remarkable for its enslaved workforce, prohibition of alcohol, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.784 billion Ataopians 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, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Osearwynn. The average income tax rate is 90.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ataopian economy, worth a remarkable 1,345 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 153,150 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Older citizens lament over the loss of law and order, the government tries not to listen to the people unless it absolutely has to, the nation's soldiers often believe they're in the Air Force, and most believe it doesn't hurt to embrace free trade. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ataopia's national animal is the snow leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Adoptionism.

Ataopia is ranked 299,852^nd in the world and 1,496^th in Snep for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 14,702.44 Standard Monetary Units.