The Technocracy States of Azzarel is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by The Shepherd with an iron fist, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, free-roaming dinosaurs, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 19.397 billion Azzas are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Airstrip One. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Azza economy, worth a remarkable 6,412 trillion Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 330,611 Credits, with the richest citizens earning 9.3 times as much as the poorest.

Countless government officials are accused of espionage, thick smog keeps Azzas from looking too far ahead, the red star of communism has been replaced by the gold star of the McRonald's badge, and paranoid museum guards keep a lookout for any animated displays attempting to escape the premises after dark. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Azzarel's national animal is the Meerkat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Azzarel is ranked 263,099^th in the world and 3,801^st in The North Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 62.5 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.