The Republic of Castor Aa is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 723 million Castor Aans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 7.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Castor Aan economy, worth 28.4 trillion nones a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,272 nones, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Grocery stores can be audibly identified by the giggling emerging from them, saying 'Hi Guys' to a mixed gender group of people at work is a fireable offense, ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products, and returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Castor Aa's national animal is the none, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Castor Aa is ranked 219,266^th in the world and 8,614^th in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 27.44 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.