The Republic of Aefnir is a massive, genial nation, notable for its compulsory military service, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.499 billion Aefnirians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 52.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Aefnirian economy, worth 139 trillion aris a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 92,991 aris, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Recent protests against birds flying too low have resulted in bloodshed, the only movement outdoors is of ramen-delivery drones, foreign casinos have trouble paying fans who bet on the triumph of the Aefnir City Wolves against long odds, and the flight attendant who draws the short straw is on "cockpit bucket duty". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aefnir's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aefnir is ranked 258,115^th in the world and 3,403^rd in the South Pacific for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 25 on the Bus Surprisal Index.