The Republic of Aerendas is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 225 million Aerendasians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 21.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Aerendasian economy, worth 15.6 trillion Doemas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,241 Doemas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens cannot change their light bulbs without approval from an international committee, voter turnout for the election of the Junior Assistant for Non-Digital Media Strategies has been unsurprisingly low, immigrants who don't like the taste of Aerendasian Turnip Chips are immediately deported, and the state auctions off combat drones to fund war reparations. Crime is totally unknown. Aerendas's national animal is the Aerendasian Sprawl Tailed Nightingale, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aerendas is ranked 89,889^th in the world and 1,825^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 2,294.78 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.