The Spurious Dictatorship of Azilam is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 16.04 billion Azilamians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Qaqenek. The average income tax rate is 66.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Azilamian economy, worth a remarkable 1,432 trillion Eetes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Soda Sales, Basket Weaving, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Pizza Delivery. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 89,279 Eetes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Young people suspect their parents might be a little bit stupid, the hills are alive with the sound of ringtones, a paperwork error has naval privateers being directed to attack land-locked nations, and local officials love to claim the protection of their Big Brother. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Azilam's national animal is the panther, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Azilam is ranked 84,843^rd in the world and 4^th in Montrandecs Neighbours for Lowest Crime Rates, with 67.88 law-abiding acts per hour.