The Commonwealth of Azure Spectre Federation is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, pith helmet sales, and frequent executions. The compassionate, devout population of 582 million Azureans 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kronsburg. The average income tax rate is 62.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Azure Spectre Federationian economy, worth 52.1 trillion Azure Marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,534 Azure Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here", private law firms are unheard of, huge explosions in the sky are a daily occurrence in the cities, and the right school tie opens more doors than the right qualification. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Azure Spectre Federation's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Azure Spectre Federation is ranked 35,274^th in the world and 119^th in Horizon for Nicest Citizens, with 19.27 average smiles per day.