The Empire of Azelmi is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Empress Mariya with an even hand, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working population of 1.763 billion Azelmians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tsukikawa. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.4%.

The thriving Azelmian economy, worth 138 trillion Azelmian yen a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is 78,349 Azelmian yen, with the richest citizens earning 8.4 times as much as the poorest.

Empress Mariya has just been declared ruler of Azelmi in an international press conference, those who cut young children are told to cut it out, politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental, and kindergartners' favourite dance move is the stop-drop-and-roll. Crime is moderate. Azelmi's national animal is the Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Azelmi is ranked 50,157^th in the world and 1^st in Merchant Guild for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 4,801.31 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.