The Free Land of Republic of Awesome-istan is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Imek Bourne with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 18.466 billion Republic of Awesome-istanians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Environment, Healthcare, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Law & Order receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Republic of Awesome-istan City. The average income tax rate is 79.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Republic of Awesome-istanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,941 trillion Aus a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 105,120 Aus, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Graverobbers claim they're acting within the interest of 'scientific preservation', Republic of Awesome-istan City's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight, medical experts advise that those claiming to be medical experts are probably fraudsters, and parents dread their examinations more than their children. Crime is well under control. Republic of Awesome-istan's national animal is the Chimera, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Republic of Awesome-istan is ranked 1,862^nd in the world and 53^rd in the Rejected Realms for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 20,176.67 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.