The Holy land of Azekstan is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Henry of new hope with an even hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, frequent executions, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 2.723 billion Azekstanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 88.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Azekstanian economy, worth 277 trillion Xenoes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 101,952 Xenoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

It is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, the sound of wooden legs echo throughout Azekstan after the recent introduction of the Foot Tax, long-wed spouses often regret proposals they made when they were twenty, and every citizen sounds like a television news anchor. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Azekstan's national animal is the Lion and its national religion is Orthodox.

Azekstan is ranked 126,932^nd in the world and 11^th in Der Leibwache for Highest Drug Use, scoring 128.31 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.