The Mining Colony of Avachisona is a mammoth, cultured nation, notable for its state-planned economy, frequent executions, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 7.637 billion Avachisonans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saar-Avachisona. The average income tax rate is 37.6%.

The strong Avachisonan economy, worth 557 trillion lire 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Trout Farming, 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 72,936 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Teachers are dying as they attempt to read 500 word essays without pausing for breath, mining safety laws are often more expensive than what's being mined, scavengers with burlap sacks and shovels skulk around graveyards, and students cut up leftover lire during Arts and Crafts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Avachisona's national animal is the canary, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Avachisona is ranked 252,345^th in the world and 12^th in Cordillera for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -5.05 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.