The Empire of Ateala is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Titus Carlisle with an even hand, and renowned for its national health service, rampant corporate plagiarism, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 6.81 billion Atealans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, corrupt government prioritizes Education, although Healthcare, Industry, and Defense are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Diza. The average income tax rate is 66.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Atealan economy, worth a remarkable 1,513 trillion Soliduses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 222,192 Soliduses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bread-gangs raid restaurant waste bins to stockpile uneaten rolls, passwords to nuclear codes must now contain upper and lower case characters, not showing enough enthusiasm for mutual assured destruction is a court-martial offence, and Chekhov's guns are killing the entertainment budget. Crime is totally unknown. Ateala's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Hinduism.

Ateala is ranked 121,698^th in the world and 6,752^nd in The North Pacific for Most Extreme, scoring 12.77 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.