The Unified Patriotic State of Ae-tea is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by President Aetelan with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-working population of 5.912 billion Aeteans 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 medium-sized government prioritizes Defense, although Industry, Law & Order, and Education are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Avast. The average income tax rate is 21.8%.

The thriving Aetean economy, worth 410 trillion Eroes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 69,487 Eroes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

Artists from across the nation compete to renovate the restrooms of old government buildings, phone taps are frequently carried out by the police, elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation, and the military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ae-tea's national animal is the Sanic-Lion-Squid-Monkey-Thing-asaurus, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Christian Church of Aetea.

Ae-tea is ranked 66,000^th in the world and 27^th in The Alliance of Eros for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,167.17 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.