The Pink Holy Lucky Christmas of Atsvea is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Santa Claus with an iron fist, and notable for its closed borders, infamous sell-swords, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 16.34 billion Bats are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yggdrassil. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Bat economy, worth an astonishing 14,317 trillion Candy Gold Bars a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is a breathtaking 876,210 Candy Gold Bars, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 5,141,969 per year while the poor average 69,748, a ratio of 73.7 to 1.

Skateboarding is punishable by heavy fines, conspiracy theorists allege Yggdrassil's new subway map resembles Satanic symbols, vacationing Bats expect to be treated as royalty, and youth rights demonstrations often end in vicious snowball fights. Crime is well under control, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Atsvea's national animal is the Bat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Athyism.

Atsvea is ranked 598^th in the world and 4^th in Forest for Most Corrupt Governments, with 599.21 kickbacks per hour.