The Republic of Aht is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, infamous sell-swords, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 8.972 billion Ahtians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 73.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Ahtian economy, worth a remarkable 1,314 trillion 9003s a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 146,552 9003s, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 786,869 per year while the poor average 14,242, a ratio of 55.2 to 1.

Motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours, politicians who vacation in East Lebatuck lose their jobs upon their return, black market eau de toilette is made in bathroom labs across the nation, and the statue in the vonBismarck Plaza has a solar panel for a hat. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aht's national animal is the 9003, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Aht is ranked 231,070^th in the world and 1^st in accentuate for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -6.32 on the Clooney Contribution Index.