The Republic of Aty is a mid-sized, safe nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 88 million Atyians enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 45.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Atyian economy, worth 4.25 trillion ---s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 48,350 ---s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's nothing more Atyian than revanchism, lifeguards are more concerned with watching for sharks than struggling swimmers, counselors diagnose their clients with motherboard complexes, and weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aty's national animal is the ---.

Aty is ranked 219,637^th in the world and 84^th in The Toastic Assembly for Nicest Citizens, with 11.33 average smiles per day.