The Empire of Ateala is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Titus Carlisle with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, complete lack of prisons, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 18.771 billion Atealans are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Diza. The average income tax rate is 60.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Atealan economy, worth a remarkable 4,156 trillion Lire a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 221,453 Lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Airplane passenger seat sizes and ticket prices are both first-class, banning party poppers has been a real party pooper, an epidemic of unpopped kernels causes movie goers to gnash their teeth, and school children asked "what is two times two?" are likely to form a symposium to discuss how different answers make them feel. Crime is totally unknown. Ateala's national animal is the Stag, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Secularism.

Ateala is ranked 314,383^rd in the world and 5,951^st in The North Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring -828.65 on the Scary Big Number Scale.