The Fluvial Community of Afondawel is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Premier Alexia Whine with a fair hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, keen interest in outer space, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.202 billion Afondawelians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dinas upon Afon. The average income tax rate is 89.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Afondawelian economy, worth 168 trillion shillings a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 76,628 shillings, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is promoting multicultural values with the new 'Just Be Nice, OK?' initiative, a typical fast food menu item could serve a small army, no personal detail is too tiny for the suede-denim census police, and the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Afondawel's national animal is the great blue heron, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Afondawel is ranked 8,517^th in the world and 119^th in The Leftist Assembly for Safest, scoring 123.43 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.