The Empire of Ateala is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Titus Carlisle with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, vat-grown people, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 22.177 billion Atealans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Diza. The average income tax rate is 62.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Atealan economy, worth a remarkable 4,987 trillion Lire a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 224,911 Lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's diplomatic missives are now delivered via sniper rifle, frowning on the job is a great way to get a raise, a burger chain recently changed its name to Mack Donaldz for legal reasons, and mosh pits are a common phenomenon in Titus Carlisle's political rallies. Crime is totally unknown. Ateala's national animal is the Stag, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ateala is ranked 39,328^th in the world and 452^nd in The North Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments, with 63.14 kickbacks per hour.