The Republic of Ayti is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by The Popular Council with a fair hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.034 billion Aytians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port-des-Citoyens. The average income tax rate is 97.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Aytian economy, worth 507 trillion Gouds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 167,111 Gouds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government spends more on chasing distant comets than on basic infrastructure, there are increasing complaints that male AI assistants have aggressive voices, the nation's navy has been named the scourge of the seven thousand seas, and abortions are routinely performed in the nation's hospitals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ayti's national animal is the Threskiornithidae, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ayti is ranked 1,904^th in the world and 3^rd in Communitas for Nicest Citizens, with 72.01 average smiles per day.