The People's Social State of Azhdar is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by People's Leader Antonio Kuznetsov with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 8.609 billion Azhdarians 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, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ephyra. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Azhdarian economy, worth a remarkable 2,104 trillion Azhdarian Revolutionary Proseras a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 244,484 Azhdarian Revolutionary Proseras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Anyone dissenting from the state ideology is declared "mentally ill" and whisked away in a straitjacket, the past is set in stone, the government only invests in infrastructure after a natural disaster, and lifeguards are more concerned with watching for sharks than struggling swimmers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Azhdar's national animal is the Azhdarian Red Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Büünism.

Azhdar is ranked 302,972^nd in the world and 1,524^th in the Outback for Nicest Citizens, with 0.39 average smiles per day.