The United Independent Republics of Azurnailia is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Ishikawa Kyumi with an iron fist, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, keen interest in outer space, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.234 billion Azurnailians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Greater Tokyahama Metropolitan area. The average income tax rate is 18.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient an Azurnailian economy, worth 690 trillion Azurnalian yen a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 131,989 Azurnalian yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The government's new "quiet competence" initiative has supporters and detractors alike reeling in confusion, in pet stores nationwide hawks are growing in popularity, patriotic citizens chant "there's only one Azurnailia" at foreigners, and heartbroken parents are urged to "smile for the camera". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Azurnailia's national animal is the hawk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Buddhism.

Azurnailia is ranked 133,455^th in the world and 2^nd in The Democratic Assembly for Largest Populations, with 5.23 billion capita.