The Republic of Effazio is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by the Chancellery with a fair hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, ban on automobiles, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 23.507 billion Effazians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arysoma. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Effazian economy, worth a remarkable 4,459 trillion Crowns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 189,695 Crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Unemployed accountants keep double-entry ledgers of their benefit claims, surveillance cameras are banned, almost all of the nation's water is piped into the country from abroad for exorbitant prices, and in a fit of passion the Chancellery has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions. Crime is totally unknown. Effazio's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Effazio is ranked 316,573^rd in the world and 312^th in Forest for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring -28.45 on the Hickory Productivity Index.