The Queendom of Apalayeo is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate population of 2.49 billion Apalayeoans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 67.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Apalayeoan economy, worth 138 trillion poes 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 Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is 55,599 poes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prisons in Apalayeo are the summer homes of murderers, counselors have to sign pledges supporting gay rights before they can speak to any patients, the nation's latest batch of politicians include internet comedians, an alleged serial killer, and a highly trained kiwi slime, and autopsies often involve only cursory examination. Crime is relatively low. Apalayeo's national animal is the kiwi slime, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Apalayeo is ranked 11,689^th in the world and 369^th in the South Pacific for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 61.36 on the Kitten Softness Rating.