The Democratic Republic of Aet Indostan is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, deadly medical pandemics, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.209 billion Aet Indostanians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Aet Indostanian economy, worth 349 trillion rubles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 158,235 rubles, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 951,977 per year while the poor average 11,861, a ratio of 80.3 to 1.

Urban planners beg for just one more lane before bedtime, skateparks can be found in every city, it's said that an Aet Indostanian always pays his debts with significant compounding, and soldiers who shoot themselves in the foot are regarded as heroes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aet Indostan's national animal is the panther, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Aet Indostan is ranked 11,940^th in the world and 50^th in Concord for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 4,163.48 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.