The Free Land of Avonticus is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by President Feya Glass with a fair hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, ban on automobiles, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 6.283 billion Avonticans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vachinal. The average income tax rate is 36.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Avonticusian economy, worth 726 trillion Avés a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 115,704 Avés, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Grocery stores can be audibly identified by the giggling emerging from them, student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned Blue-Wing Doveball fields, shivering secretaries type letters under torrential downpours in open-roof offices, and billions of Avés are being poured into a space program. Crime is totally unknown. Avonticus's national animal is the Blue-Wing Dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Angelicism.

Avonticus is ranked 78,975^th in the world and 4^th in West Atlantic Organization for Lowest Crime Rates, with 68.7 law-abiding acts per hour.