The Community of Aegeum is a large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 56 million Aegeans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 50.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Aegean economy, worth 3.07 trillion neons a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 54,882 neons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

All tariffs have been abolished, weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law, Aegean husbands are dead good at fathering kids, and fur coats have become the latest fashion trend. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aegeum's national animal is the Aegean goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aegeum is ranked 74,258^th in the world and 805^th in the West Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 104.25 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.