The Technocracy States of Azzarel is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by The Shepherd with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, flagrant waste-dumping, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 14.108 billion Azzas are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Airstrip One. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Azza economy, worth a remarkable 4,448 trillion credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 315,339 credits, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,514,080 per year while the poor average 38,349, a ratio of 39.5 to 1.

Internet flame wars have been known to cause real-world casualties, begun the Clone Wars have, several inches are being added to first class seating, and the moon's craters are more numerous every day. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Azzarel's national animal is the Meerkat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Azzarel is ranked 2,825^th in the world and 137^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 132.55 law-abiding acts per hour.