The United Crown Provinces of The Awen is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by His Excellency Titus of Oresnay with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 33.443 billion Awenites enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Archenfield. The average income tax rate is 73.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Awenian economy, worth a remarkable 1,806 trillion Quills a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. Average income is 54,011 Quills, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

100-year-old politicians are now a thing of the past, the cruise missile launchers on the field hospital roof are purely deterrent in purpose, nation-building is the new national pastime, and rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Awen's national animal is the Swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Awen is ranked 330,675^th in the world and 184^th in Declansburg for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -21.75 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.