The People's Communion of Acronis is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Matron Vana Dandreal with a fair hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 11.235 billion Acronians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Environment, Spirituality, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Crystal Coast. The average income tax rate is 94.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Acronian economy, worth 943 trillion Nashdats a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 83,958 Nashdats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The pursuit of wanted criminals ends at the entrance of the pay'n'spray garage as police refuse to enter any private property, umbrellas are back in fashion, psychiatrists bizarrely accompany Matron Vana Dandreal to meetings with foreign heads of state, and increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Acronis's national animal is the toucan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Akronism.

Acronis is ranked 266,374^th in the world and 4,650^th in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -47.32 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.