The Federation of Azalean Principalities is a large, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 110 million Azalean Principalitiesians 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 enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 72.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Azalean Principalitiesian economy, worth 726 billion guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 6,595 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Azalean Principalities's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Azalean Principalities is ranked 224,894^th in the world and 817^th in Concord for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 297.09 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.