The Republic of Ap Lei Chau is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its avant-garde cinema, disturbing lack of elderly people, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.765 billion Ap Lei Chauans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, socially-minded government prioritizes Defense, with Education, Law & Order, and Administration also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 69.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Ap Lei Chauan economy, worth 168 trillion HKDS 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 slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. 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 60,874 HKDS, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People are careful to avoid hyperbolising that they'd "rather die" than support Leader, misbehaving Pandas deemed dangerous to the public are shot and hanged by the town hall as a warning to others, all industry is owned and run by the government, and artists regularly face criminal charges and art-burning parties are common. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ap Lei Chau's national animal is the Panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ap Lei Chau is ranked 89,231^st in the world and 3,601^st in Lazarus for Highest Food Quality, scoring 25.19 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.