The Confederacy of The Ajax Confederacy is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the High Lord with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, humorless population of 13.749 billion Ajax Confederacyians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tanith. The average income tax rate is 94.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Ajax Confederacyian economy, worth a remarkable 2,428 trillion Miras a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 176,666 Miras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A bill to outlaw math homework has been submitted, every workday begins with group therapy, film studios own the rights to actors' likenesses until the next millennium, and newly synthesized elements' half-lives are a million times shorter than the time it takes to say their names. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Ajax Confederacy's national animal is the Backwards Hippo, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Ajax Confederacy is ranked 274,209^th in the world and 10,003^rd in Lazarus for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 35.23 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.