The Republic of The Achericend is a massive, safe nation, ruled by this guy I know with a fair hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, compulsory vegetarianism, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.201 billion Achericendians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yrohpolis. The average income tax rate is 81.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Achericendian economy, worth 125 trillion Kronor a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 104,438 Kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Octogenarian swimsuit models insist that they've still got it, police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds, stray dogs and children root through the trash for snacks, and birdsong in the mountains has to be loud enough to drown out nearby jackhammers. Crime is totally unknown. The Achericend's national animal is the giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Achericend is ranked 11,041^st in the world and 255^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 388.01 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.