The Armed Republic of Aklynost is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons, strictly enforced bedtime, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.536 billion Aklynostians 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, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Administration, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bastion. The average income tax rate is 67.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Aklynostian economy, worth 228 trillion nosts 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, Tourism, and Book Publishing. 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 impressive 149,045 nosts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park, the full title of Hon Leader Vcte Mgve MF ARALM GCAE runs to several pages, the nation is currently revamping its entire education system, and the subway is dead quiet in early afternoons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aklynost's national animal is the cobra, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Aklynost is ranked 38,338^th in the world and 365^th in the West Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 81.07 law-abiding acts per hour.