The Holy Empire of Aqualio is a huge, safe nation, notable for its frequent executions and state-planned economy. The cynical, devout population of 512 million Aqualioans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social and economic equality; they tend to view other countries as corrupted by the hollow pageantry of sham elections.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 15.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Aqualioan economy, worth 16.7 trillion Roots a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Trout Farming, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 32,573 Roots, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government pours millions of Roots into rehabilitation programs annually, the country is governed by a clique of political insiders known colloquially as The Establishment, posing for pictures is an integral part of military training, and more sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people. Crime is totally unknown. Aqualio's national animal is the Call Duck, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Aqualio is ranked 240,464^th in the world and 3,224^th in The North Pacific for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 4,196.02 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.