The Enchanting Republic of Ajek is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, ban on automobiles, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 21.271 billion Ajekians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eastley. The average income tax rate is 91.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ajekian economy, worth a remarkable 2,107 trillion Izleks a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, highly specialized black market in Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, Pizza Delivery, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 99,057 Izleks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The controversial show 'Who Wants to be an Immigrant?' has become wildly popular, spies caught red-handed are served cocktails on their first-class flights home, global warming is being combated via global eradication, and euthanasia is legal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ajek's national animal is the elephant, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ajek is ranked 45,975^th in the world and 28^th in Alcris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 75.43 law-abiding acts per hour.