The Dictatorship of Athenstan is a large, orderly nation, notable for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 161 million Athenstani are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 50.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Athenstani economy, worth 8.62 trillion Athenmarks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 53,524 Athenmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prisoners pray grey skies are gonna clear up, structures are raised on promises, NPCs in MMORPGs regularly interrupt cutscenes with OOC reminders that they aren't real people, and Leader is strangely popular with male politicians' wives. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Athenstan's national animal is the Northern Cardinal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Athenstan is ranked 45,411^th in the world and 1^st in The Sovereign Compact for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 48.85 on the Kitten Softness Rating.