The Republic of Awestre Gorend is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Dolly Patron with an even hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.694 billion Awestre Gorendians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cork. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Awestre Gorendian economy, worth a remarkable 1,169 trillion seashells a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 174,739 seashells, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits, a popular saying is "a chicken for every pot and an abortion clinic on every street", drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking, and families are left homeless as entire suburbs are bulldozed on the whim of tribal chiefs. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Awestre Gorend's national animal is the seal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Awestre Gorend is ranked 2,733^rd in the world and 71^st in The East Pacific for Highest Food Quality, scoring 254.9 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.