The Republic of Agaz is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, pith helmet sales, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 8.903 billion Agazians 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, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 86.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Agazian economy, worth a remarkable 1,499 trillion 9003s a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 168,434 9003s, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 614,634 per year while the poor average 32,774, a ratio of 18.8 to 1.

Animal liberationists receive government funding to break into animal research labs, family trees become bare as entire branches are lopped off, a National Academy regulates grammar and usage, and rich people sell their mansions to pay for endless rows of mobile homes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Agaz's national animal is the 9003, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Agaz is ranked 275,384^th in the world and 1^st in accelerator for Nicest Citizens, with 0.46 average smiles per day.