The Corporate States of Aeioux is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by GOV-AI Xerathul with an iron fist, and renowned for its digital currency, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 14.125 billion Aeiouxians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Illion. The average income tax rate is 83.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Aeiouxian economy, worth a remarkable 1,951 trillion Dust Particles a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 138,158 Dust Particles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Every workday begins with group therapy, citizens know never to accept cookies from strangers, subscribing to the Benevolence Society for Impoverished Leaders is an effective way to dodge the draft, and no one gossips with GOV-AI Xerathul during diplomatic summits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aeioux's national animal is the Grey Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Aeioux is ranked 26,790^th in the world and 72^nd in Confederation of Corrupt Dictators for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 6,074.52 on the Gilded Widget Scale.