The Empire of Atain is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The President with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, digital currency, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 13.436 billion Atainians 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atain City. The average income tax rate is 39.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Atainian economy, worth a remarkable 4,076 trillion Reams a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 303,376 Reams, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Lawyers spend as much time preparing their make-up as they do their briefs, soldiers are equipped with multi-million Ream battlesuits, workers tend to schedule naps during all-hands meetings, and umbrellas are back in fashion. Crime is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Atain's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Atain is ranked 24,073^rd in the world and 1,720^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 86.61 law-abiding acts per hour.