The Technocratic Union of Azurius is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by The Azurian Council with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cheerful population of 12.129 billion Azurians 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 tiny, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Neo Azuria. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Azurian economy, worth a remarkable 7,064 trillion Azols a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is a breathtaking 582,479 Azols, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon, government employees from Azurius dominate international lumberjack competitions, feeling like a winner comes at a price, and holidaymakers sleep curled up on the floor as hotel beds are replaced with oversized bookcases. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Azurius's national animal is the Scarlet Azure Phoenix, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Transcendence.

Azurius is ranked 199,278^th in the world and 10,651^st in Osiris for Largest Black Market, with 479 billion Standard Monetary Units.