The Principality of Aesode is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 393 million Aesodeans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kioumao. The average income tax rate is 71.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Aesodean economy, worth 7.83 trillion planets a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Pizza Delivery, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 19,913 planets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Aesode has designated Kioumao as its capital city, the nation's universities are often mistaken for foreign embassies, birth rates have hit an all-time low, and veteran cops reminisce over their heavy armor days. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aesode's national animal is the Kronfal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aesode is ranked 28,948^th in the world and 19^th in Refugia for Highest Drug Use, scoring 353.36 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.