The Incorporated States of Azeal is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 953 million Azealians 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, socially-minded, 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 Erinn. The average income tax rate is 69.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Azealian economy, worth 79.5 trillion Bullets a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 83,398 Bullets, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Jokes told in elementary school often come back to haunt politicians, park rangers perform full-body searches on suspected fungus smugglers, excited shovel-bearing geeks wander the countryside, and shanty towns of homeless immigrants are the ideal recruiting ground for terrorist organisations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Azeal's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Azeal is ranked 39,752^nd in the world and 25^th in Hell for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 5,236.98 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.