The Republic of Straw Hat Aerilia is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, avant-garde cinema, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 614 million Straw Hat Aerilians 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 juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 57.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Straw Hat Aerilian economy, worth 30.4 trillion Berries 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 dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is 49,471 Berries, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The "feminist protest" defence is increasingly common for cases of armed robbery, friendly fire incidents usually result in severe burns, Leader's new door-knocking campaign has the sweet taste of success, and the police double as repo men. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Straw Hat Aerilia's national animal is the Goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Straw Hat Aerilia is ranked 222,559^th in the world and 286^th in Nerdlandia for Largest Populations, with 614 million capita.