The Haunted Lands of Azo-Tarr is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Veronica Torchlight with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, deadly medical pandemics, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 12.829 billion Azo-Tarrites are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal government prioritizes Education, although Healthcare, Welfare, and Social Policy are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Blackwood. The average income tax rate is 77.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Azo-Tarrite economy, worth a remarkable 3,104 trillion cursed amulets a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 241,954 cursed amulets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation grinds to a halt for afternoon tea, referenda are held for every conceivable government action, one can wake up in Azo-Tarr and have breakfast in Bigtopia, and the nation's counterintelligence budget is all up in the air. Crime is totally unknown. Azo-Tarr's national animal is the ghost raptor, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the Secret Church.

Azo-Tarr is ranked 27,284^th in the world and 1,851^st in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 84.5 law-abiding acts per hour.