The Colony of Aech En is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its vat-grown people, daily referendums, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 8.218 billion Aech Enians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Healthcare, with Defense, Education, and Environment also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. The average income tax rate is 55.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Aech Enian economy, worth 313 trillion Hyns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Pizza Delivery, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 38,131 Hyns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The population's jaw muscles put sharks to shame, thousands of children die every day from easily curable illnesses, ersatz chicken has left the nation's citizens with a bad taste in their mouths, and programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Aech En's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aech En is ranked 256,975^th in the world and 76^th in Shinka for Lowest Crime Rates, with 48.1 law-abiding acts per hour.