The Council Republic of Aatelisia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Rasmus Talaka with an even hand, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, sprawling nuclear power plants, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 15.271 billion Aatelisians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Palatsinlinna. The average income tax rate is 81.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Aatelisian economy, worth a remarkable 2,280 trillion Kolikkoes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 149,304 Kolikkoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's new religious police burn blasphemers on bonfires of their own books, Aatelisians incessantly needle their doctors for relief, priests are being drafted by the church load, and military equipment stores have a tendency to go up in flames. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aatelisia's national animal is the Sturgeon, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Talviuskuo.

Aatelisia is ranked 11,155^th in the world and 1^st in Lerodas for Lowest Crime Rates, with 99.05 law-abiding acts per hour.