The State of Achaz is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 29.852 billion Achazians 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, socially-minded morass — prioritizes Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 63.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Achazian economy, worth 489 trillion betales a year, is extremely 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 reasonably common. Average income is 16,383 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Voting is voluntary, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, and Achaz has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Achaz's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Achaz is ranked 183,588^th in the world and 4^th in Lisbon for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring zero on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.