The State of Avontor is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its complete lack of public education and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-working, democratic population of 24.95 billion Avontorians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.2%.

The all-consuming Avontorian economy, worth a remarkable 1,211 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Soda Sales, and Information Technology. Average income is 48,537 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 161,549 per year while the poor average 10,866, a ratio of 14.9 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, the automotive industry soaks up huge government handouts, and Avontor has designated Westminster as its capital city. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Avontor's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Avontor is ranked 32,854^th in the world and 1^st in Baku for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 4,983.92 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.