The Divine Empire of Azzagrat is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Graz'zt with an iron fist, and remarkable for its digital currency, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 12.361 billion Azzagratites 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zelatar. The average income tax rate is 98.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Azzagratine economy, worth a remarkable 2,588 trillion Copper Minas a year, is highly specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 209,418 Copper Minas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Calisthenics is a well-known tax-dodging technique, manufacturers of biodegradable plastics have to wait for months to show evidence of organic decomposition, every new building project has to undergo a five-year environmental impact study before it can go ahead, and ice-filled coffins are ominously positioned in the corner of every hospital ward. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Azzagrat's national animal is the Serpent, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Azzagrat is ranked 280,346^th in the world and 1^st in Kirinna for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -6.07 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.