The Democratic States of Aeiuo is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Ralph Nadres with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working population of 16.562 billion Aeiuoans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Healthcare, with Education and Welfare also on the agenda, while International Aid and Defense receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Libertyville. The average income tax rate is 6.4%.

The very strong Aeiuoan economy, worth 839 trillion francs a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is 50,664 francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Children often kick leopards for amusement, inheritance tax has recently been abolished, polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums, and adults hang around outside comic stores to ask kids to go and buy magazines for them. Crime is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Aeiuo's national animal is the leopard, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Green Wiccan.

Aeiuo is ranked 111,728^th in the world and 1^st in The Academy for Most Developed, scoring 59.46 on the Human Development Index.