The Federal Republic of Aigania is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Chancellor Adriano Arthur with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, vat-grown people, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 31.972 billion Aiganians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of El Progreso. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Aiganian economy, worth an astonishing 17,181 trillion Points 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is a breathtaking 537,391 Points, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has instituted 'traveller reservations' across the country, cars speed down national highways while drivers sleep at the wheel, Aigania is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, and the ABI Channel Tunnel project is plagued by delays. Crime is totally unknown. Aigania's national animal is the Phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Aiganiaism.

Aigania is ranked 6^th in the world and 1^st in Lazarus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 2,698.91 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.