The Empire of Aegis-5 is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Harrower with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, parental licensing program, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 18.729 billion Aegisians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The minute, corrupt, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is dominated by the Department of Defense, although Industry and Law & Order are also considered important, while Environment and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kaas. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Aegisian economy, worth a remarkable 9,268 trillion Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 494,900 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The numbers on the latest spending report are reaching stellar levels, teenagers get their license without taking the test, "Darwin's Disease" is a growing cause of death, and wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Aegis-5's national animal is the Steel Hawk, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Worship of the Emperor.

Aegis-5 is ranked 113^th in the world and 9^th in Lazarus for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 21,771.12 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.