The United Socialist States of Azorisca is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by The Collective Council with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.913 billion Azoriscans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Debsville. The average income tax rate is 97.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Azoriscan economy, worth 758 trillion Dollars 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 significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 154,384 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Criminals identify as innocent, voters are one of the nation's top imports, bridge salesmen line up for blocks to make their cases at The Collective Council's office, and there's never a spare chair in the retirement home. Crime is totally unknown. Azorisca's national animal is the Red-Tailed Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Azorisca is ranked 1,537^th in the world and 35^th in The Leftist Assembly for Nicest Citizens, with 76.42 average smiles per day.