The Fluvial Community of Afondawel is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Premier Alexia Whine with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.156 billion Afondawelians 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 enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dinas upon Afon. The average income tax rate is 89.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Afondawelian economy, worth 163 trillion shillings 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 Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming and Book Publishing. Average income is 75,744 shillings, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ministers browse Alright! magazine for fashion tips, signs saying "No Poor People or Weirdoes" are common outside shops and cafés, faking deafness is the only way to guarantee a holiday in the nation, and foreign policy is to avoid standing up to bullies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Afondawel's national animal is the great blue heron, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Afondawel is ranked 288,135^th in the world and 337^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -15.65 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.