The Technocracy States of Azzarel is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by The Shepherd with an iron fist, and notable for its avant-garde cinema, anti-smoking policies, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.266 billion Azzas 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 Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Airstrip One. The average income tax rate is 70.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Azza economy, worth 260 trillion credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 206,053 credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

It's always rabbit season, voters must frequently select what they view as the lesser of two evils on the ballot, a video of The Shepherd wearing shock-blue face paint and smashing an electric guitar in front of a frenzied crowd is on endless repeat on the nightly news, and walls don't have ears. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Azzarel's national animal is the Meerkat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Azzarel is ranked 32,017^th in the world and 1,502^nd in The North Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,983.23 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.