The Armed Republic of Aklynost is a large, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, vat-grown people, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 62 million Aklynostians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 23.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Aklynostian economy, worth 5.00 trillion nosts a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is 80,596 nosts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

There's nothing more gay than bleeding for your nation, vacationers and business travelers are often warned that they may lose the right to vote if they spend too much time overseas, there's no cure or sympathy for the common cold, and one-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aklynost's national animal is the cobra, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Aklynost is ranked 41,207^th in the world and 489^th in the West Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 173.67 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.