The Junta of Azropa is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Gabriel Krasny with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed population of 1.673 billion Azropeans 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 70.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Azropean economy, worth 154 trillion PLNS a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 92,067 PLNS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A-SPAN viewership drops as MPs act their age, pre-takeoff checks last longer than the flights themselves, according to the latest national census as many as two-thirds of the respondents possibly consider 'violet' their favorite color, and therapists dispense hugs for heroin dealers and cuddles for crackheads. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Azropa's national animal is the Seagull, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is National Atheism.

Azropa is ranked 113,580^th in the world and 728^th in the Plains of Perdition for Most Corrupt Governments, with 10.54 kickbacks per hour.