The Technocracy States of Azzarel is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by The Shepherd with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, parental licensing program, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 9.988 billion Azzas are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Airstrip One. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Azza economy, worth a remarkable 2,691 trillion credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 269,445 credits, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,467,905 per year while the poor average 25,380, a ratio of 57.8 to 1.

All footpaths have tollbooths, motorists' locations are constantly tracked by intelligence and law enforcement agencies, the government is continually probing the galaxy in search of alien life, and Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to Airstrip One to enjoy their national art. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable 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 18,456^th in the world and 889^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 7,633.32 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.