The Helpdesk of Avalnier is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Bobo The Omniscient Chaos Overlord with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, infamous sell-swords, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 31.93 billion Avalnierians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fuzzybottom. The average income tax rate is 97.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Avalnierian economy, worth an astonishing 24,268 trillion Chocolate Chip Pancakes a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is a breathtaking 760,064 Chocolate Chip Pancakes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed, the police have been swamped with requests to stay up past bedtime, conspiracy theorists allege Fuzzybottom's new subway map resembles Satanic symbols, and motorists' locations are constantly tracked by intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Avalnier's national animal is the Big Bird, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Holy haberdashery of Batman.

Avalnier is ranked 139^th in the world and 7^th in Lazarus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 1,698.27 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.