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“Never forget than the state is watching over you.”

The Republic of Azude is a huge, safe nation, notable for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate population of 800 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and the Environment. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

The average commuter spends four hours a day driving to and from work, the police have reaffirmed their tough stance on drugs, the government pours millions of erszts into rehabilitation programs annually, and a government program is underway to revitalize Azude's beaches. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Azude's national animal is the folf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the erszt.

Azude is ranked 102nd in the region and 4,488th in the world for Best Weather.