The Unitary Republics of Azurnailia is a huge, orderly nation, ruled by Ishikawa Kyumi with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 976 million Azurnailians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Greater Tokyahama Metropolitan area. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 45.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Azurnailian economy, worth 121 trillion Azurnalian yen a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 124,245 Azurnalian yen, with the richest citizens earning 7.5 times as much as the poorest.

A bureaucratic fight over AIA cafeteria food expenditures has caused the temporary suspension of all agency counterintelligence operations, university graduates and new home-owners toil in labour camps to work off their debts, giant no-kill traps baited with Bapst Red Ribbon and vintage bicycles have been popping up in back alleys nationwide, and nobody draws smiley faces on receipts anymore. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Azurnailia's national animal is the Hawk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Azurnailia is ranked 242,905^th in the world and 6^th in The Democratic Assembly for Most Beautiful Environments, with 394.06 pounds of wildlife per square mile.