The Technocracy States of Azzarel is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by The Shepherd with an iron fist, and renowned for its smutty television, free-roaming dinosaurs, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 19.391 billion Azzas 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Airstrip One. The average income tax rate is 24.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Azza economy, worth a remarkable 6,634 trillion Credits 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, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. 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 an amazing 342,118 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

Big Beef has a steak in national politics, AI models unanimously choose all government facts, aid workers deliver life-saving supplies with a devious gleam in their eyes, and t-bagging dead Bigtopians merits a medal of honor. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Azzarel's national animal is the Meerkat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Azzarel is ranked 3,559^th in the world and 64^th in The North Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 2,778 trillion Standard Monetary Units.