The Athailian Solar Empire of Honour Guard is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Badrick Wolvain with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 13.418 billion Athailian's are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Education, Law & Order, and Administration are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arcadia. The average income tax rate is 90.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Athailian economy, worth a remarkable 1,956 trillion Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 145,795 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Running away is an essential part of the elite forces' hand-to-hand training, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, the government has cut taxes in the face of widespread tax evasion, and UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Honour Guard's national animal is the Evolosaur, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is The church of the void.

Honour Guard is ranked 135,908^th in the world and 14^th in Hoshizora for Most Politically Free, scoring 48.38 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.