The Empire of Aklya is a tiny, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and suspicion of poets. The hard-working population of 12 million Aklyans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 27.9%.

The Aklyan economy, worth 520 billion Swiks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 43,336 Swiks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

It is illegal to make racist remarks in public, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, and graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aklya's national animal is the giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aklya is ranked 300,130^th in the world and 4,359^th in Ambition for Most Influential, scoring 9 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.