The Kingdom of Apnestan is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by King Mahdi Shah I of Apnestan with an iron fist, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, triple-decker prams, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.739 billion Apnestanis 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wasighat. The average income tax rate is 71.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Apnestanian economy, worth 237 trillion Apnestani Rupees a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 136,841 Apnestani Rupees, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All alcohol is banned, legislators toe the party line lest the Sergeant-at-Arms decide to conduct "truncheon practice" on the backbench, country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized, and people make a career out of medical voyeurism. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Apnestan's national animal is the Red Squirrel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Islam.

Apnestan is ranked 134,769^th in the world and 6,839^th in Lazarus for Most Valuable International Artwork, with zero Bank.