The Providential Gehenna of Athelhend is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by High King Arthur I with an iron fist, and notable for its national health service, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 9.363 billion Athelians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Naseins. The average income tax rate is 92.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Athelian economy, worth a remarkable 2,029 trillion Crowns a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 216,726 Crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tourists call Athelian beach towns "the fine coastline", the government is known to care more about its buildings than its people, unpackaged foodstuffs rot on store shelves, and children who display even minimal sporting aptitude are immediately assigned a personal trainer. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Athelhend's national animal is the Sealion, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Cult of the Sun-King.

Athelhend is ranked 297,258^th in the world and 1^st in Aldwyth for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 15,821.04 Standard Monetary Units.